The DENTIST, or TEETH DRAWN with a TOUCH.

Date1768

After work by John Harris

Publisher John Bowles 1701 - 1779

Engraver John Dixon ca. 1740 - 1811

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving

DimensionsOH: 14 1/8" x OW: 10"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1951-411

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Designed by J. Harris & Improved by drawings after the Life by J. Dixon./ Published according to Act of Parliament A.D. 1768./ Dixon fecit./ The DENTIST, or TEETH DRAWN with a TOUCH./ Ye Worthies of the British Nation,/ Attend to my New Operation!/ Let Colts-Teeth, or Decay'd Ones come, My Pinchers quick shall ease your Gum./ Printed for JOHN BOWLES, at N.o 13 in Cornhill, LONDON."ProvenanceBefore 1951, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1951-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).