Ludicrous Operator, or Blacksmith turn'd Tooth Drawer. The

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• PUBLISHER: Published as the Act directs, 17 Feb. 1794.

• MEDIUM: Mezzotint,

  DATE: 1794.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 3/4 x 9 3/4" (324 x 249 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: A rare satirical dental mezzotint. Designed by J. Harris & improved by drawing after the by J. Wilson. J. Wilson fecit. Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street, London. Poem beneath title reads, "Why squeeze your hat, and seize my cap / As if you dread some mishap? / Keep not your spirits on the rack / I'm a licentiate not a quack."

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition. A spot of paper replacement in left margin. Some creasin in lower right section of the image.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Caricatures and Satirical