The Ludicrous Operator, or Blacksmith turn'd Tooth Drawer
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Title
The Ludicrous Operator, or Blacksmith turn'd Tooth Drawer
Subject
A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient, her husband observes the situation. Mezzotint by J. Wilson after J. Harris the elder.
Description
1 print : mezzotint ; platemark 35.3 x 25.1 cm
The ludicrous operator, or blacksmith turn'd tooth drawer. Why squeeze your hat, and seize my cap as if you dreaded some mishap? Keep not your spirits on the rack, I'm a licentiate not a quack. Designed by J. Harris & improv'd by drawings after the life by J. Wilson. J. Wilson fecit.
The ludicrous operator, or blacksmith turn'd tooth drawer. Why squeeze your hat, and seize my cap as if you dreaded some mishap? Keep not your spirits on the rack, I'm a licentiate not a quack. Designed by J. Harris & improv'd by drawings after the life by J. Wilson. J. Wilson fecit.
Creator
Harris, John, the elder, -1834.
Source
Wellcome
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/c8wyr4y7
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/c8wyr4y7
Publisher
London (53 Fleet Street) : Robt. Sayer.
Collection
Citation
Harris, John, the elder, -1834.
, “The Ludicrous Operator, or Blacksmith turn'd Tooth Drawer,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/208.