A female barber shaving a man; a male assistant standing on the right holds a "puff lather" bowl. Coloured etching, 1787.

Date:
16 November 1787
Reference:
30791i
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view A female barber shaving a man; a male assistant standing on the right holds a "puff lather" bowl. Coloured etching, 1787.

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A female barber shaving a man; a male assistant standing on the right holds a "puff lather" bowl. Coloured etching, 1787. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Writing within the image on a notice on the wall reads "Pressmen's oath's all humbug"; a note lies on the lap of the customer which reads "The world in confusion"; also there is a painting entitled "Samson" showing Delilah cutting off Samson's hair

Publication/Creation

[London?] : T. Telford (?), 16 November 1787.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 22.1 x 20.6 cm

Lettering

Cap.tn Puff, in the suds, or the fashionable advertiser - loosing his wiskers.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 30791i

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