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Plate 6: The Dentist
Publish'd as the Act Directs, June 1773
7 3/4"w x 5"h
From "The EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES in the Book of Heads entitled HUMAN PASSIONS DELINEATED": PLATE 6
Continued from Plate 5
H
E miss'd at first, but try'd again, Then clap'd his foot o'th' chin ;
He pull'd — the patient roar'd with pain, And hideously did grin.
But lo! — capricious fortune frown'd, And broke the clewkin string, And threw him backwards on the ground, His head made floor to ring.
Continued on Plate 7