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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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.

National Gallery of Art · Print

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

Thomas Rowlandson

Date
published 1811
Medium
hand-colored etching
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.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1945.5.1154
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Costume
  • Portrait
  • Figures
  • Writing

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