Gillray (James)

a classic social satire depicting a finely-dressed dentist standing with one hand gripping his patient’s chin as the other extracts a tooth, the patient, who scowls with pain, sat on a high stool, clutching one foot tight against the stool, the other foot braced against the dentist’s knees,

original hand-coloured stipple-engraving within a washed grey and yellow border, 215 x 175 mm. (8 1/2 x 6 7/8 in), trimmed within the outer grey border with a further loss into the upper left yellow border, a hole in the lower corner and a small nick into the bottom sheet edge, none affecting image or title, and can be supplied in a conservation mount with a strategically cut window for neater presentation, [BM Satires 8909],