A beardless young man asks his hair-dresser to shave his beard: another hair-dresser and his client look on in amusement. Coloured wood engraving after John Leech.

  • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
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1840-1849
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29785i
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view A beardless young man asks his hair-dresser to shave his beard: another hair-dresser and his client look on in amusement. Coloured wood engraving after John Leech.

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A beardless young man asks his hair-dresser to shave his beard: another hair-dresser and his client look on in amusement. Coloured wood engraving after John Leech. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1840-1849

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1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour ; 9.7 x 11.6 cm

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The rising generation. Juvenille. "aw, hairdresser, when you've finished my hair, just take off my beard, will you?"

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Wellcome Collection 29785i

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