Les exploits d'un Dentiste

Item

Colored lithograph in wood frame with caption in French below reading "Les Exploits D'un Dentiste!" Man is grabbing head in pain while a dentist reaches out and a nurse looks on.
Title
Les exploits d'un Dentiste
Description
Framed lithography of a satirical scene with a dentist who pulls out the wrong tooth and jokes with the patient in pain: "Damn it, wrong one again. Doesn't matter, won't cost you any extra". There are also dentist's assistants present and another patient in pain waiting in the room.
Creator
Maröhn, Ferdinand, fl.1839-1842, artist
Jacott, Jean Julien, lithographer
Date
1874
Format
74 cm x 67 cm
Publisher
Goupil, Vilbert and Comp.
Source
Musée des rieurs, Paris, 1874, no.32
Subject
Teeth - Extraction
Pain
Dentist and patient
Type
lithography
Tag
Caricature
Pain
Tooth extraction
Item sets
Medicine in Art