Barber [graphic]

Description

Title: Barber [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Published / Created: [30 August 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd. Augt. 30, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Abstract: "A lank barber, holding his customer by the nose and negligently slicing at it with his razor, reads from 'The London Gazette' which his victim holds: They write from Amsterdam (cf. BMSat 9412). The enraged customer shouts "Hallohl you Sir - what are you about? are you going to cut my nose off."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Series title and number etched above image.
Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Amsterdam -- Containers: jugs.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. viii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.5 x 19.4 cm, on sheet 28 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) 1798
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Barbers
Barbershops
Newspapers
Wigs
Subjects: Barbers
Barbershops
Newspapers
Wigs
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
1798

Access: Public
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