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  • An Egyptian barber shaving a man; a boy assistant looks on. Engraving by G.B. Cecchi after Vivant-Denon.
  • Oil painting of a barber shaving a man in a village. Painted by Jan Miel and photographed by Anderson.
  • A communal bath house: women and children washing, a Buddhist nun shaving her head. Coloured woodcut by Hokusai, 1834.
  • A hunter standing in front of a fire shaves himself using the soup as shaving water (?). Etching by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz).
  • A street barber shaving the head of a small boy in Cairo. Wood engraving by H. Kaeseberg after W. Gentz.
  • A female barber shaving a man; another female barber dresses the customer's wig which is on a stand. Coloured engraving.
  • An Egyptian barber shaving a man in his shop; a boy assistant looks on. Engraving by J. Dadley after Vivant-Denon.
  • A seated barber shaving a man in a village in Bengal. Coloured lithograph by Bouvier after a drawing by W. Tayler.
  • An Egyptian barber shaving a man in his shop; a boy assistant looks on. Etching by G. Malbeste after V. Denon.
  • A barber shaving a man while another man distracts him by reading from a newspaper entitled "The true sun". Coloured lithograph.
  • Lord Goderich shaving, and Lord Howick shoeing, a group of slaves: referring to the abolitionists. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1832.
  • A female barber shaving a man; a male assistant standing on the right holds a "puff lather" bowl. Coloured etching, 1787.
  • A wizened old barber who wears a pointed hat is shaving a young man. Mezzotint by J. Gole after C. Dusart, 1704/1737.
  • A barber's and wig-maker's establishment, above; shaving bowls, flasks and razors, below. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.
  • A barber shaving the front and sides of a man's head, in the Manchu style. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890.
  • A barber's and wig-maker's establishment, above; shaving bowls, flasks and razors, below. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.
  • A barber's and wig-maker's establishment, above; shaving bowls, flasks and razors, below. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.
  • A barber shaving a friar; in the left-hand background a monkey and a cat are fighting and squealing. Lithograph by J. Baker.
  • Two Indian barbers wearing turbans shaving the heads of two Indian men who are sitting back to back on some stone steps. Photograph.
  • A female travelling barber shaving a man on the edge of a coal field. Coloured aquatint by P.L. Debucourt after C. Vernet.
  • Benjamin Disraeli as a barber called "Ben Jingo" is cutting the face of John Bull while shaving him. Engraving (?) by W. Dewane, 188-.
  • A barber shaving a man's head; a boy assistant and a woman holding a small child look on. Watercolour painting by L.E. Zoccola, 1897.
  • A barber cutting a customer while shaving him; the customer retaliates by biting the barber's finger. Coloured aquatint by G. & C. Hunt after M. Egerton.
  • A seated barber shaving the back of a man's neck; another customer examines himself in a mirror and an attendant looks on. Coloured aquatint, 1800, after C. Gold.
  • Two Indian men sitting cross-legged; one appears to be a barber and is shaving the front of the other's head, presumably to match his own hairstyle. Photograph.
  • A country barber shaving a farmer; another farmer looks into a mirror while he stanches the cut on his face; right, a second barber dresses a man's hair. Coloured engraving.
  • A barber who is also an artist neglects a seated customer whom he was shaving, in order to discuss one of his paintings with a potential purchaser. Photogravure, 1882, after F.A. Grison.
  • A naked man shaving the bottom of another standing in a bath with a razor; advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of HIV by the Core Program. Lithograph by Charles R. Moniz.
  • A barber cuts a man's face while shaving him; a second barber cuts a cross-eyed boy's hair; a third lathers the face of another man. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt after T. Lane.
  • A naked man shaving the bottom of another standing in a bath with a razor; advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of HIV by the Core Program. Lithograph by Charles R. Moniz