A barber's shop in which a fat barber places a wig on an old bald-headed man, an assistant barber who wears spectacles fits a wig on a stout man, in the righthand background a man sits on a chair facing a window, and in the lefthand foreground a dog fouls a wig. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson.

  • Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
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view A barber's shop in which a fat barber places a wig on an old bald-headed man, an assistant barber who wears spectacles fits a wig on a stout man, in the righthand background a man sits on a chair facing a window, and in the lefthand foreground a dog fouls a wig. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson.

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A barber's shop in which a fat barber places a wig on an old bald-headed man, an assistant barber who wears spectacles fits a wig on a stout man, in the righthand background a man sits on a chair facing a window, and in the lefthand foreground a dog fouls a wig. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] (Coventry Street.) : Published as the Act directs by H. Brookes

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 23.7 x 33 cm

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A barbers shop. ; T. Rowlandson fecit.

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Wellcome Collection 31566i

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