A company of itinerant tooth-drawers performing on a stage. Oil painting by a French (?) painter, ca. 1860 (?).

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44636i
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Centre, a tooth-drawer operates or pretends to operate on a man who hits out at him or (if he is a member of the company) pretends to do so. On the left, a man wearing a red tunic and a black and red kilt-like garment plays a brass instrument. On the right a merry-andrew in harlequin's costume plays the drums

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1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 19.2 x 24.4 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 44636i

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