Acute Pain – Antique Dental Caricature, 1810
Original 1810 hand-coloured dental caricature, Acute Pain, after “Tim Bobbin” and published in London by Edward Orme.
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The Tooth Ache – Monkeys at the Dentist, 1828
Amusing antique engraving of monkeys performing dental surgery. Original 1828 lithograph by Louis Haghe after Edmund Bristow.
The Tooth Drawer – Antique Engraving after Gerrit Dou, 181
Early dental treatment in a shadowed Dutch interior. Original 1811 engraving by Isaac Taylor after a painting by Gerrit Dou.
Fine Art, Paintings, Drawings
Alexander Muellegg – Watercolor Landscape
Elegant watercolor landscape probably of the region around Bern – by the Swiss artist Alexander Muellegg.
Antique Prints
Two Early Canadian Indigenous Subjects – Vancouver Island Village and Wedding Ceremony, c. 1840
Pair of c. 1840 hand-coloured lithographs depicting an Indigenous wedding ceremony and a coastal village on Vancouver Island.
Switzerland
Vue du Fond de La Ville de Geneve
Vue du Fond de La Ville de Geneve Copperplate Engraving from Baron Zurlauben’s topography published around 1780. Dessine par Perignon
The Fire Which Destroyed Quai de Seujet, Geneve -1864 Engraving
Incendie du Quai du Seujet à Genève – Night of 24 September 1864 Fine 19th century engraving depicting the fire
Jacques-Frédéric Houriet – Father of Swiss Chronometry (SOLD)
Beautifully framed engraving of a portrait of Jacques-Frédéric Houriet (1743-1830), known as the father of Swiss Chronometry. Jacques-Frédéric Houriet was
Johann Jacob Wehrli – Swiss Teacher, Director of School for the Poor at Hofwil
Johann Jacob Wehrli (1790 Thurgau – 1855 Andwil) Famous socially engaged Swiss teacher who served as the director of the
Folk Art
Small Wismut Chest with Equisite Folk Art Floral Painting
This charming Wismut box (German: Wismutkästchen), dating from around 1680, is a fine example of early central European painted folk
