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L'Arracheur des Dents, Burlesque des Femmes

HC.J.16.X.62

Neges J. S. (d.1792) (Artist)

Mezzotint, possibly by J. S. Neges (d.1792). The scene is the interior of an 18th century smithy. The blacksmith is extracting, with outsize forceps of his own construction, a maxillary central incisor tooth for an elderly woman who clutches his turban with one hand and squeezes her hat with the other. The husband watches with apprehension and disaprroval while the blacksmith looks more jovial. Companion to HC.J.16.X.63.