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A lady retiring to bed, and ordering her maid to look after her artificial aids to beauty (wig, teeth, glass eye etc.). Coloured etching by P. Roberts after G.M Woodward.

A short dentist (standing on a stool) extracting a tooth from an extremely tall lady who in her agony kicks over his work table. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1821, after A.E.

Sallot (?) holding up a tooth and leaning on a grossly oversized set of dentures through which a fleur-de-lis is growing, in the background is a oversized skull wearing a helmet. Coloured wood engraving (?) by Marchandeux after A. Gill, 1867.

Three vignettes relating to Georges Fattet the inventor of false teeth. Lithograph.

An emaciated old man is transformed by four beauticians. Coloured lithograph by Ch.-J. Fuhr after Ch. Bargue, 1852.

A dissertation on artificial teeth : evincing the advantages of teeth made of mineral paste, over every denomination of animal substance To which is added, advice to mothers and nurses on the prevention and cure of those diseases which attend the first dentition / By N. Dubois de Chémant.

A couple assemble their false body parts: false teeth, a glass eye and wigs. Coloured lithograph by L. Boilly, 1825.

N. Dubois de Chémant demonstrating his own and a woman's false teeth to a prospective male patient with disordered teeth. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.

A new system of treating and fixing artificial teeth : the art to prevent the loss of the teeth with instructions calculated to enable heads of families to adopt the author's practice of treating and preserving the teeth ... / by Frederick A. Eskell.

Specification of Henry Newman : artificial teeth, &c.

Specification of William Massey : artificial teeth, &c.

Specification of Edwin Thomas Truman : artificial teeth.

Specification of Patrick Gregson Cunningham : artificial teeth and gums.

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A new system of treating and fixing artificial teeth : the art to prevent the loss of the teeth with instructions calculated to enable heads of families to adopt the author's practice of treating and preserving the teeth ... / by Frederick A. Eskell.

Specification of Henry Newman : artificial teeth, &c.

Specification of William Massey : artificial teeth, &c.

Specification of Edwin Thomas Truman : artificial teeth.

Specification of Patrick Gregson Cunningham : artificial teeth and gums.