Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Forty five different scenes telling the tale of a man with toothache, his various attempts at trying to cure himself and the final recourse to the dentist. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank after H. Mayhew.
Forty five different scenes telling the tale of a man with toothache, his various attempts at trying to cure himself and the final recourse to the dentist. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank after H. Mayhew.
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Forty five different scenes telling the tale of a man with toothache, his various attempts at trying to cure himself and the final recourse to the dentist. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank after H. Mayhew.

Horace Mayhew

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Lettering: The tooth-ache. ... Imagined by H. Mayhew. Realized by Cruikshank. Each of the forty five vignettes have text accompanying them.

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