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Title
The Dentist.
Publisher
[S.l. : s.n.]
Date
[between 1840 and 1880?]
Description
The valentine shows two men. One reclines with his mouth open, and the other stands above him about to pull a tooth out. Both men have disheveled hair and pained expressions.
Notes
Text: A Dentist here makes teeth of bone / For those whom Fate has left without; / And finds provision for his own / By pulling other people's out.
Genre
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject
American wit and humor.
Dentists -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Medical personnel -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Profiteering -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Dentures -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Has format
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Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier
Comic Valentines, 3.16
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Comic Valentine Collection
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