Comic Dentist
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 3/8 inches (9.53 × 16.83 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 8.26 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 3/8 inches (9.53 × 16.83 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 8.26 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.124
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of two men; one man stands over the other pretending to have pulled his tooth. This sixth plate daguerreotype with hand coloring is housed in a brass mat inside of decorative case with an embossed red velvet liner.
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