A bearded man selling razors to a farmer. Crayon manner print by J.J. Jenkins after Peter Pindar (John Wolcot).

Previous title, replaced May 2020: A bearded man selling razors to a farmer. Coloured crayon manner by J.J. Jenkins after Peter Pindar (John Wolcot).

London (10 Bear St. Leicester Sqe.) : J & H. Jenkins ; [London] 20 G. Newport Street : W. Mc.Dowall, 1826.

1 print : crayon manner, with watercolour ; image 19.6 x 17.1 cm

The razor seller: ; a fellow in a market town, ; most musical cry'd razors up & down, ; and offer'd twelve for eighteen pence; ; with cheerfulness the eighteen pence he paid, ; and proudly to himself in whispers said, ; this rascal stole the razors, I suppose. ; vide Pindar: ; J.J. The verses in the lettering are an abbreviated version of verses in a poem, 'The razor seller. Ode', by Peter Pindar (John Wolcot), published in his Odes, Epistles &c. by Wolcott, called Peter Pindar; with a sketch of his life, Paris: Parsons and Galignani, 1804, pp. 130-132, and elsewhere. The purchaser of the razors is described as a "country bumpkin"

Title devised by cataloguer.

Wellcome Collection 33423i