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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
- 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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