[The barber shop] A barber's shop adorned we see, ... / [graphic]

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Description

Title
[The barber shop] A barber's shop adorned we see, ... / [graphic]
Creator
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Contributor
Heemskerck, Egbert van, 1634 or 1635-1704, artist.
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library)
Published / Created
[circa 1730-1745]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Description
Title supplied by curator.
Date and place of publication from British Museum website.
Description from British Museum: A satire [of] political ignorance set in a country barber-surgeon's shop in which the people have been given the heads of animals. At centre left, an old woman with the head of a cat, is being bled by a man with the head of an elephant whose hand is on her left breast, a monkey-headed boy holds a basin to catch the blood spurting from her arm. Behind them a man, with a boar's head wearing a work-apron reads from the Grub Street Journal to a man with the head of an ass and a bell round his neck. In the centre a cat-man sitting on a barrel holding a shaving dish has his whiskers trimmed by a barber with an ape's head on top of which is a flamboyant hat with long feathers. An ape-man behind waits his turn, and a man with two wooden legs and a crutch leaves through an open door. Overhead on the left is a projecting sign from which hangs a board showing an owl beneath which is written "Shave & Bleed for A Peny". Stuffed creatures hang from the ceiling: a grotesque fish, an eel with gaping moth, and an ape. The wall at the rear has been chalked with tallies and three wigs hang from it. A table in the foreground on the right has pulled teeth and various barbers' instruments on it. A hat with a large feather lies on the ground.
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Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Barber surgery & surgeons; Barber shops, interior.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 37.8 cm x sheet 30.6 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Call Number
Print10157

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works)
Engravings
Material
engraving ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Great Britain
Politics and government
Phlebotomy
Barbers
Barbershops
Peg legs
Shaving
Wigs
Donkeys
Swine
Monkeys
Cats
Surgical instruments
Crutches
Elephants
Subjects
Great Britain > Politics and government
Phlebotomy
Barbers
Barbershops
Peg legs
Shaving
Wigs
Donkeys
Swine
Monkeys
Cats
Surgical instruments
Crutches
Elephants

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
16088776
Object ID (OID)
17339656

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