A French Dentist Shewing a Specimen of his Artificial Teeth and False Palates

published 1811

Thomas Rowlandson

Associated Names
Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

The image shows three individuals in close-up, focusing on their upper torsos and heads. The person on the left wears a blue coat and red waistcoat, with curly white hair, a gold hoop earring, a hooked nose, and a wide grin. The middle individual has exaggerated facial features, rosy cheeks, and is wearing a white cap with a pink ribbon and a yellow garment, touching their own face. The person on the right holds either gold pince-nez glasses or a dental tool, wearing a pink coat with a green collar, a bulbous nose, and an oversized mouth. The background has a light blue patterned backdrop and handwritten text near the top right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.5 × 36.3 cm (10 1/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
    mount: 34 × 50.4 cm (13 3/8 × 19 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.1154

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Grego 1880, Vol. II, no. 201

Associated Artworks

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A View in Camelford, Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson

1809

Caricatures (volume V)

Thomas Rowlandson

1756

The Seat of Mr. Mitchell, Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson

1809

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1880

  • Grego, Joseph. Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures. 2 vols. London: Chattoand Windus, 1880. Reprint. New York: Collector's Editions, 1970.

Wikidata ID

Q65086279

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