The Country Tooth Drawer
HC.J.16.X.21
Woodcut print on paper, probably by William Davison (1781-1858), published by W. Davison, Alnwick. Same series as The Town Tooth Drawer, HC.J.16.X.20 and possibly based on The Blacksmith Dentist, HC.J.16.X.53.
In a village smithy, a countrywoman is seated on a stool and the blacksmith is extracting a maxillary incisor with home-made outsized forceps. The woman clutches the blacksmith's nose in pain, while a man holds her head. Horse shoes and other tools lie around the scene as if to highlight the rural situation in comparison to the Town Tooth Drawer.
Nineteenth century, early
