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ToothAche, Imagined by Horace Mayhew, and Realized by George Cruikshank, Rear panel priced "/Plain,/Colored" and this being the coloredpanel, fanpage edition, Description: small,mo format, heavy tan paper boards, One of,Facsimile copies of Horace Mayhew's uncommonst edition,panels, The ToothAche is a tiny little book, which was first published in, It consists of a series of forty five comic cartoons which open out into a concertina, relating the story of one Victorian gentlemans experience of toothache.
The illustrations are handcoloured, wood engravings with humorous captions, as imagined by Horace Mayhew and realised, in wonderful caricature, by George Cruikshank,
We follow the story as first of all the gentleman is in torment, tossing and turning with the pain of his tooth:
All round him feel his wrath, and he tries various popular remedies such as creosote, and a poultice in fact “infallible cures” in all.
But all to no avail, Unbearably miserable at being unable to eat the walnuts and filberts brought by a kind friend, he rushes to the dentist:
As the door opens, the pain magically disappears! He is cured, and “cannot sufficiently express his unbounded joy”, leapfrogging a post in delight.
However, this is premature, as the toothache returns in the night,
Next morning the gentleman tries more extreme remedies but still his toothache rages on, Finally he decides he must return to the dentist, and sits in the waiting room surrounded by what appear to be strange instruments of torture and interesting reading material such as “Paine on Man”.
A scream from the next room sends him hurtling through the door again, but “A strong feeling of shame pulls him back”, This “strong feeling of shame" seems to be a pair of strong hands, clad in jacket and shirtcuffs, and we have just a glimpse of a trousered leg too.
Once in the dentists chair, the two of them go through a series of contortions:
But finally all is well.
With an enormous wrench, the tooth is pulled out, and in his relief the gentleman hugs and blesses the dentist,
You can feel his relief that the torment is over, and the final caricature shows him the next morning, none the worse for war and feeling quite himself again:
Having toothache must have been an excruciating business in those days.
When this book was created, there was still only one treatment for toothache: yank the tooth out, as quickly as you could, Modern painkillers were yet to be discovered,
This book is a rare gem, It takes only minutes to read, but if you enjoy these types of cartoons, they will have you chuckling in no time, George Cruikshank was an artist, caricaturist and illustrator who began his career with satirical political cartoons, During his lifetime he made almost,prints and illustrations, and he was praised as the “modern Hogarth”, He illustrated the works of many authors, perhaps most famously for his friend Charles Dickens,
However, as with many of Dickenss friendships, it all began to go wrong, George Cruikshank attempted to take the credit for “Oliver Twist”, There was a public dispute as to who was the true creator, and sadly their friendship began to deteriorate, It soured even further when George Cruikshank spurned drink, and became a fanatical teetotaller, whereas Dickenss own views were those of moderation, Perhaps the final nail in the coffin came over a year after Dickenss death, Onth December, “The Times” newspaper published a letter by George Cruikshank, in which he claimed that he had thought of much of the plot of “Oliver Twist”, fuelling a public controversy once again.
Horace Mayhew was ath century London journalist for a satirical magazine, He also was a friend of Charles Dickens, His older brother was Henry Mayhew, the English social reformer, and a cofounder of the satirical and humorous magazine “Punch” in,
If you have ever enjoyed the caricatures of theth century, you will have little need of the newfangled “laughing gas”, to find this pocketsized little book extremely amusing.
Note: Joseph Priestley had discovered nitrous oxide inand Sir Humphry Davy had started experimenting with it as early as, understanding that an anaesthetic gas would be perfect for short dental procedures.
George Cruikshank was an English caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the modern Hogarth during his life, Born in London, he was a member of the Cruikshank family of caricaturists and artists, the son of Scottish painter and caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank, Cruikshanks early career was renowned for his social caricatures of English life for popular publications such as The Comic Almanackand Omnibusbut later in his career, his book illustrations for Charles Dickens and many other authors reached an international audience.
He created folios of prints with moralistic themes inspired by the temperance movement, The best known of these are The Bottle,plates, with its sequel, The Drunkards Children,p George Cruikshank was an English caricaturist and book
illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life.
Born in London, he was a member of the Cruikshank family of caricaturists and artists, the son of Scottish painter and caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank, Cruikshank's early career was renowned for his social caricatures of English life for popular publications such as The Comic Almanackand Omnibusbut later in his career, his book illustrations for Charles Dickens and many other authors reached an international audience.
He created folios of prints with moralistic themes inspired by the temperance movement, The best known of these are The Bottle,plates, with its sequel, The Drunkard's Children,plates, with the ambitious work, The Worship of Bacchus, published by subscription after the artist's oil painting, now in the National Gallery, London.
For Charles Dickens, Cruikshank illustrated Sketches by Boz, The Mudfog Papersand Oliver Twist, His works include: Sinks of London Laid Open, Hop O' my Thumb, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Puss in Bootsand George Cruikshank's Fairy Library.
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