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  • Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the entrance to the hall, with elaborate carving above the doors. Engraving, 1816.
  • A man rushing into a barber-surgeons' shop to inform the practitioner of the imminent need to vote. Lithograph.
  • Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the entrance to the hall, with elaborate heraldic carving above the doors. Engraving after T. H. Shepherd, 1830.
  • Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the interior of the Court-Room, with a reception taking place. Wood engraving by J. and A. Williams, 1856.
  • Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the interior of the hall, with various figures standing and sitting about. Engraving by T. H. Ellis, 1843, after H. Melville.
  • Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the door of the hall, with a uniformed attendant standing to the left. Wood engraving attributed to J. and A. Williams, 1856.
  • Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the entrance to the hall, showing the elaborate carving of the canopy, a lady and child entering. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1845.
  • Ivory carving: Barber-Surgeon
  • Ivory carving: Barber-Surgeon
  • Barber surgeon's chair, circa 1715, side view.
  • Barber surgeon's chair, circa 1715, front view.
  • Veronica officinalis L. Scrophulariaceae Speedwell. Distribution: Europe. Gerard (1633) calls this the female Fluellen, or Speedwell and Elantine. Pena and Lobel (1570/1) report how a barber cured a man whose nose was being eroded off by giving him Elatine (sic) to drink and by applying a poultice of the crushed herb to the sore - after learned physicians and surgeons had said the only remedy was to cut the nose off. Gerard lists several Veronica
  • Barber-Surgeon operating on the head. Spanish School.
  • Barber-Surgeon's Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the facade. Engraving.
  • Photograph: a barber-surgeon shaving patient; Africa, c. 1930
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's forehead. Oil painting.
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's forehead. Oil painting.
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's forehead. Oil painting.
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's forehead. Oil painting.
  • A barber-surgeon attending to a man's forehead. Oil painting.
  • A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
  • A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
  • A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
  • A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
  • A barber-surgeon for dogs in Paris. Drawing by L. Choquet, 18--.
  • A barber-surgeon's shop in which a man's hair is being cut. Etching, 16--.
  • Animals posing as human beings in an interior of a barber-surgeon's shop. Mezzotint.
  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: reconstruction of sixteenth-century barber-surgeon's shop. Photograph.
  • A barber-surgeon operating on a man's head; representing the sense of touch. Engraving, 16--.
  • A barber and a surgeon attending to soldiers. Oil painting by a follower of Hieronymus Janssens.