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A barber in his shop preparing to shave a customer. Coloured etching.
- Date:
- 1 October 1804
- Reference:
- 30548i
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Credit: A barber in his shop preparing to shave a customer. Coloured etching. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Lettering within the image on a shop sign reads "Shave for a penny and a glass of gin."; on a poster on the wall "Song. Packwood's paste, fir & strop;" and on a notice on a window pane "Oriental sapanacious shaving soap."
Publication/Creation
London (53, Fleet Street) : Laurie & Whittle, 1 October 1804.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 17 x 23.1 cm
Lettering
A stuttering barber. ; Pray friend did you ever shave a monkey? N_n_no sir, but_if_if you will_s_s_sit down I'll_t_t_try.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 30548i
Lettering note
Bears number: "368"
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores