A penny barber
Item Information
- Title:
- A penny barber
- Description:
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A stout old gentleman, enveloped in a barber's cloth, has taken his seat in the shaving-chair ; his wig is removed and his chin plenteously lathered ; the aproned barber is still employed with his soap and basin. One customer is performing an ablution ; and the assistant, whose hair is dressed in the wildest French style, is smoothing down a compact full-bottomed old-fashioned wig. One or two barber's blocks, a cracked glass, and a bird in a cage form the chief embellishments, to which must be added a lantern lighted by a single candle and inscribed with this information, 'The oldest shaving shop in London. Most money for second-hand wigs!'
- Artist:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
- Date:
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1789
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Caricatures
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Barbers
Barbershops
Shaving
- Extent:
- 1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 35 x 25 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pb60q
- Terms of Use:
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No Copyright - United States
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