A foppish dentist on stage extracting a tooth from a patient who is being restrained by a man dressed as Pierrot. Coloured etching by A. Auger, 1817.

On the stage is a screen with illustrations of the dentiste extracting teeth from a variety of people and text: "Mr Machoire dentiste du grand mogol". A string of enormous teeth are also on the stage. There is an audience of rural people, some of them waiting to see the dentiste