A man who has rented a haunted castle is asked to shave the ghost of a deceased barber. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1861.

  • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Date:
1861
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30383i
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An episode in Holidays with hobgoblins: a Scotsman called Sandy MacGranite from Dunfermline rents the Château de Fleurval in Boulogne which had once been a Jacobite refuge. He is summoned from his bed by the ghost of a Jacobite barber from Kirkcaldy who shaves him and then asks to be shaved by him

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1861

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1 print : etching ; image 11.5 x 7.9 cm

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Shaving a ghost! ; designed & etched by Geo. Cruikshank

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Wellcome Collection 30383i

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