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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1865,1111.2524
Title
Series:
The Toothache
Description
Four images; the first; a man awakened by the toothache, clutching his face, wearing his nightcap; the second; the man smoking and drinking in bed to attempt to alleviate the pain; the third; the man reading parliamentary debates to attempt to go back to sleep; the fourth; the man stretching and unable to sleep; illustration to Mayhew's "The Toothache" (1849) Hand-coloured etching
Producer name
Print made by:
George Cruikshank
Published by:
David Bogue
School/style
British
Production date
1849
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
122 millimetres
Width:
86 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank
(2501)
Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné
(547)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
dentist/dentistry
ill-health/injury
Associated names
Illustration to:
Horace Mayhew
Associated titles
Associated Title:
The Toothache
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
James Rimell & Son
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Edmund Story Maskelyne
Acquisition date
1865
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1865,1111.2524