Brown printed cover with a wood engraving of a slumped man in a chair as two small devils aim at his mouth, titled The Tooth-Ache.

The Tooth-Ache, Imagined by Horace Mayhew, wood engraving cover

A brown printed cover titled 'The Tooth-Ache, Imagined by Horace Mayhew' shows a wood engraving of a man slumped in a chair in plaid trousers while two small devils aim long objects at his mouth from either side. Beneath, a caption reads 'The Origin of the Tooth Ache' above the publisher's address and price.

Artist: Horace Mayhew
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]
Medium: Title pages Caricatures Wood engravings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 3535 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1899.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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