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1. Miseries of human life [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 53. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A bedroom scene. A plump lady sits in a chair, making gestures of pain with hands and legs, while a hairdresser combs her back hair, and a negress combs a tress pulled forward over the face. Behind (left) another hairdresser combs the tousled hair of a lean man, who registers anguish."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Struggling through the curse of trying to disentangle your hair ...
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: Struggling through the curse of trying to disentangle your hair when by poking curiously about on board of ship, it has become clammed and matted with pitch or tar far beyond all the powers of the comb., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 10820 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 120., and On leaf 53 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:: Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):: Blacks, Bedrooms, Hairdressing, Servants, and Women domestics
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Miseries of human life [graphic]

2. A barbers shop [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 41. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, published in 1811, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 223., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], A reduced copy of no. 6882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and On leaf 41 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:: Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):: Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, and Shaving equipment
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A barbers shop [graphic]

3. Nouveau divertissement des soirées Parisiennes. Les ésprits de Mr. Hume ... / [graphic]

Creator:: Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879, printmaker
Published / Created:: [16 April 1857]
Call Number:: Print00405
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Place of publication from item., In image: h.D. 51., Date supplied by curator., Published in Le Charivari, 16 April 1857., "Mr. Hume" possibly refers to Daniel Dunglas Home, 1833-1886, a famous spiritualist in Europe at the time., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:: Mon. Martinet, 172, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne and Lith. Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre. Paris
Subject (Topic):: Spiritualism, Hypnotism, Parties, Shaving, Seances, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, and Spectators
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Nouveau divertissement des soirées Parisiennes. Les ésprits de Mr. Hume ... / [graphic]

4. A Roland for an Oliver! [graphic]

Creator:: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:: [27 May 1824]
Call Number:: 824.05.27.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A lady sits at a small dressing-table (left) doing her hair. She turns to answer an elderly servant in livery who proffers a large bone, saying (words under the title): My Lord has sent your Ladyship a Bone to Pick! She answers: Tell him my Eldest Son is none of his, and there's a Bone for his Lordship to Pick!"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from caption below image., Two lines of dialogue below title: My lord has sent your Ladyship a bone to pick! ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Pub. May 27 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):: Dressing tables, Hairdressing, and Servants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A Roland for an Oliver! [graphic]

5. Bank of fashion 1823 promise to cut any lady or gentleman's hair superior to any man in Europe or forfeit on demand the sum of one hundred pounds 1823 Octr. 24, London, 24 Octr., 1823 For self and compa., 49 Threadneedle St. and 13 Fleet St. / [graphic]

Published / Created:: [24 October 1823]
Call Number:: 823.10.24.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Imitation bank note promising "to cut any lady or gentleman's hair superior to any man in Europe ...".
Description:: Title engraved at top of sheet., 'No. 49' is inscribed twice over the text in the fashion of a stamp's impression., "One hundred"., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Advertising, Hairdressing, Bank notes, and Money
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Bank of fashion 1823 promise to cut any lady or gentleman's hair superior to any man in Europe or forfeit on demand the sum of one hundred pounds 1823 Octr. 24, London, 24 Octr., 1823 For self and compa., 49 Threadneedle St. and 13 Fleet St. / [graphic]

6. Slight of hand by a monkey, or, The ladys head unloaded [graphic].

Published / Created:: [between 1812 and 1817]
Call Number:: 812.00.00.108
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A lady walking along a high orchard wall has her enormous headdress, trimmed wtih lace and ribbons, pulled from her head by a monkey perched atop the wall. She clasps her hand to her bare head, a look of surprise on her face. A man perched on a ladder picking apples in the orchard looks over the wall in amusement at the scene
Alternative Title:: Sleight of hand by a monkey, or, The ladys head unloaded and Ladys head unloaded
Description:: Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge., Numbered '23' in upper right corner., Probably a copy of a mezzotint with the same title that was published in 1776 by Carington Bowles. Cf. No. 4546 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Topic):: Apple orchards, Clothing & dress, Hairdressing, Monkeys, and Wigs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Slight of hand by a monkey, or, The ladys head unloaded [graphic].

7. Faut apprendre à souffrir pour être Belle [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1814?]
Call Number:: 814.00.00.41
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A hairdresser stands on stilts to dress the hair of a lady who sits before her mirrored vanity, her fee outstretched and resting on a foot stool. He pulls her long hair high above her head to its full length is taut as he twists to style it. She holds the sides of her head in pain. His coat is tossed on the chair to the left. On her vanity are a pin cushion, bottles, and ribbons. The mirror is supported but two female figures in classical dress and adorned with two cherubs at the top who hold a laurel wreath
Description:: Title etched below image., After Louis Gameray and published by Pierre La Mésangère. See British Museum online catalogue registration number: 1861,1012.197., Series title and number etched above image, Dated in the British Museum catalogue: 1814., and Pierre La Mésangère, located on rue Montmatre in Paris.
Publisher:: La Mésangère
Subject (Geographic):: France and Paris
Subject (Topic):: Clothing & dress, Dressing tables, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Pride, and Stilts
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Faut apprendre à souffrir pour être Belle [graphic].

8. A barbers shop [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1811]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 11
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Date of publication from Grego., Plate also published in: Caricatures. [London], [1836?], page 41., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A reduced copy of no. 6882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on leaf 55 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, and Shaving equipment
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A barbers shop [graphic]

9. A barbers shop [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1811]
Call Number:: Bunbury 811.00.00.49+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Date of publication from Grego., Plate also published in: Caricatures. [London], [1836?], page 41., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A reduced copy of no. 6882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 36 cm, on sheet 28 x 39 cm., Imperfect; artist's signature erased from lower right corner of sheet., and Watermark.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, and Shaving equipment
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A barbers shop [graphic]

10. [A barber's shop] [art original].

Creator:: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811
Published / Created:: [1807]
Call Number:: Drawer Drawings B87 no. 29
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A scene in a barber's shop in which the centre figure is a man seated, full-face, swathed in a sheet, while a boy (left) applies tongs to his hair, which a man (right) is combing. In the foreground (left) a customer is seated, clasping his bald head with a concerned expression as he reads a newspaper "Morning post" dated Nov. 3, 1807. Behind him, two men, their hair freshly curled, stand in profile to the left before a looking-glass (left) adjusting their cravats. Beside them is a barber's block with a large, dressed wig. On the extreme right a barber shaves a man whose face is lathered; a low table to his left contains other shaving equipment. Next, a stout man wearing top-boots, standing full-face, turning his head upwards and in profile to the left, stanches a cut on his cheek with a towel. A boy stands beside him holding a barber's basin. In the centre foreground two dogs tug at a bag-wig. A barber's block has been overturned (right). Wigs and wig-boxes decorate the back wall
Description:: Title from print based on this design: "The barbers shop" published by J. Jones on 12 May 1785 "from an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. in the possession of Sr. Joshua Reynolds, to whom this plate is inscribed by his much obliged & most humble servant, John Jones.", Date of this drawing based on the date of the newspaper in the image., and Light crease down part of middle. Tear on the left hand side, and over all slight discoloration, scuffs. Light pencil drawing on verso.
Subject (Topic):: Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [A barber's shop] [art original].

11. Miseries of human life [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1807]
Call Number:: 807.00.00.78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A bedroom scene. A plump lady sits in a chair, making gestures of pain with hands and legs, while a hairdresser combs her back hair, and a negress combs a tress pulled forward over the face. Behind (left) another hairdresser combs the tousled hair of a lean man, who registers anguish. Below the design: 'Struggling through the curse of trying to disentangle your hair when by poking curiously about on board of Ship, it has become clammed and matted with pitch or tar far beyond all the powers of the comb.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image. and Printmaker and publisher from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:: R. Ackermann
Subject (Topic):: Blacks, Bedrooms, Hairdressing, Servants, and Women domestics
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Miseries of human life [graphic]

12. [A barber's shop] [art original].

Creator:: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811
Published / Created:: [1807]
Call Number:: Drawer Drawings B87 no. 29
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A scene in a barber's shop in which the centre figure is a man seated, full-face, swathed in a sheet, while a boy (left) applies tongs to his hair, which a man (right) is combing. In the foreground (left) a customer is seated, clasping his bald head with a concerned expression as he reads a newspaper "Morning post" dated Nov. 3, 1807. Behind him, two men, their hair freshly curled, stand in profile to the left before a looking-glass (left) adjusting their cravats. Beside them is a barber's block with a large, dressed wig. On the extreme right a barber shaves a man whose face is lathered; a low table to his left contains other shaving equipment. Next, a stout man wearing top-boots, standing full-face, turning his head upwards and in profile to the left, stanches a cut on his cheek with a towel. A boy stands beside him holding a barber's basin. In the centre foreground two dogs tug at a bag-wig. A barber's block has been overturned (right). Wigs and wig-boxes decorate the back wall
Description:: Title from print based on this design: "The barbers shop" published by J. Jones on 12 May 1785 "from an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. in the possession of Sr. Joshua Reynolds, to whom this plate is inscribed by his much obliged & most humble servant, John Jones.", Date of this drawing based on the date of the newspaper in the image., and Light crease down part of middle. Tear on the left hand side, and over all slight discoloration, scuffs. Light pencil drawing on verso.
Subject (Topic):: Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [A barber's shop] [art original].

13. Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate IV

Creator:: Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 January 1798]
Call Number:: Hogarth 798.01.01.04++ Box 310
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A grand bedroom with the countess holding a morning levée attended by her hairdresser while the lawyer, Silvertongue, arranges to meet her at a masquerade; others in the room include a female friend and effeminate men who pay rapt attention to a castrato singer accompanied by a flautist, a young black man who serves chocolate to the party, and a small black boy who points to the horns of a figure of Actaeon purchased at an auction with other objects, including a fake mermaid; playing cards and invitations lie on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Toilette
Description:: Title etched below image., After Hogarth's painting "The Toilette" in the National Gallery, London., In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in., No. 4 in a series of 6 images, known as "The toilette.", Series title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2375., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 161., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 231.
Publisher:: Pub. Jany. 1, 1798, by J. & J. Boydell, N. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Adultery, Blacks, Boudoirs, Children, Couples, Hairdressing, Interiors, Marriage, Musicians, Paintings, Rake's progress, Seduction, and Servants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate IV

14. Boggis and Clark hair dressers, No. 16, Ivey Lane, Newgate Street, London [graphic]

Published / Created:: [between 1770 and 1796]
Call Number:: File 66 770 B674
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Alternative Title:: Boggis and Clark hairdressers ...
Description:: Title from item., Date inferred from printmaker's street address; Garnett Terry occupied various numbers on Paternoster Row from 1770 to 1796. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., Text within banners surrounding central image, clockwise from upper right: Toupees; Wholesale & Retail; Cushion's; Braids; Perfumery; Wigs., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Boggis and Clark
Subject (Geographic):: England and London.
Subject (Topic):: Hairdressing, Wigs, Scissors & shears, and Combs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Boggis and Clark hair dressers, No. 16, Ivey Lane, Newgate Street, London [graphic]

15. By permission of the supreme hog-driver, Great Mogul of the Isle of Swine, and Lord of the powder monkies!!. Licence for the guinea pigs to wear powder, ...

Creator:: Lee, Richard (Publisher)
Published / Created:: [1795]
Call Number:: File 66 795 H153
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text
Alternative Title:: Licence for the guinea pigs to wear powder
Description:: Signed: Don Quixote de la Mancha, Knight of the Lions., At the foot: Given at our sty, No.47, Hay-Market, St. James's; the address of Richard Lee., First published as 'Licence for the guinea pigs to wear powder'., At head of title: (One penny)., In this edition the last line ends: "sty as above"., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Sold by R. Lee
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):: Hair preparations, Taxation, Hairdressing, Equipment and supplies, Toilet preparations, Anglo-French War, 1793-1802, and Finance
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > By permission of the supreme hog-driver, Great Mogul of the Isle of Swine, and Lord of the powder monkies!!. Licence for the guinea pigs to wear powder, ...

16. Leaving off powder, or, A frugal family saving the guinea [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [10 March 1795]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A domestic interior. A fat and ugly citizen, wearing old-fashioned dress with a small unpowdered wig, stands on the hearth-rug (right), his back to the fire; he is meditatively reading the 'Gazette', headed: 'New Taxes', and 'Bankru[pts]', his left hand plunged in his breeches pocket. Behind him on the chimney-piece is a pair of scales for weighing guineas (see BMSat 5128). His wife, bald-headed, ugly, and stout, leans back in an arm-chair, her hands raised in protest at an unpowdered wig which a grotesquely thin and ragged French hairdresser (left) proffers obsequiously. A fashionably dressed young man with cropped hair looks with imbecile surprise at his reflection in an oval mirror over the chimney-piece. His mouth is half-covered by his swathed neckcloth, he wears a short spencer (see BMSat 8192) over a sparrow-tail coat, and half-boots. A young woman with over-dressed but unpowdered (red) hair looks with dismay at her reflection in a mirror which she has snatched from the wall. On the wall is an oval bust portrait of 'Charles 2d', his tiny head framed in an immense powdered wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Frugal family saving the guinea
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Scales -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Charles II in a powdered wig -- Newspapers: 'Gazette' -- Male dress: spencers -- Sparrow-tailed coats., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.1 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 27.7 x 38.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 10th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain., England, and England.
Subject (Topic):: Hair powder, Taxation, Clothing & dress, Fireplaces, Families, Hairdressing, Interiors, Mirrors, Parlors, Rugs, and Wigs
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Leaving off powder, or, A frugal family saving the guinea [graphic]

17. Leaving off powder, or, A frugal family saving the guinea [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [10 March 1795]
Call Number:: 795.03.10.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A domestic interior. A fat and ugly citizen, wearing old-fashioned dress with a small unpowdered wig, stands on the hearth-rug (right), his back to the fire; he is meditatively reading the 'Gazette', headed: 'New Taxes', and 'Bankru[pts]', his left hand plunged in his breeches pocket. Behind him on the chimney-piece is a pair of scales for weighing guineas (see BMSat 5128). His wife, bald-headed, ugly, and stout, leans back in an arm-chair, her hands raised in protest at an unpowdered wig which a grotesquely thin and ragged French hairdresser (left) proffers obsequiously. A fashionably dressed young man with cropped hair looks with imbecile surprise at his reflection in an oval mirror over the chimney-piece. His mouth is half-covered by his swathed neckcloth, he wears a short spencer (see BMSat 8192) over a sparrow-tail coat, and half-boots. A young woman with over-dressed but unpowdered (red) hair looks with dismay at her reflection in a mirror which she has snatched from the wall. On the wall is an oval bust portrait of 'Charles 2d', his tiny head framed in an immense powdered wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Frugal family saving the guinea
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Scales -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait of Charles II in a powdered wig -- Newspapers: 'Gazette' -- Male dress: spencers -- Sparrow-tailed coats.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 10th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain., England, and England.
Subject (Topic):: Hair powder, Taxation, Clothing & dress, Fireplaces, Families, Hairdressing, Interiors, Mirrors, Parlors, Rugs, and Wigs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Leaving off powder, or, A frugal family saving the guinea [graphic]

18. A hint to married men [graphic].

Published / Created:: [12 May 1794]
Call Number:: 794.05.12.24
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '207' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1794 -- Trades: hairdressers.
Publisher:: Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):: Furnishings, Canopy beds, Furniture, Dressing tables, Chairs, Couples, Wallpapers, and Hairdressing
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A hint to married men [graphic].

19. A crop shop [graphic]

Creator:: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 October 1791]
Call Number:: 791.10.08.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The interior of barber shop: On the left a man stands before a mirror, face contorted as he wipes his jaw, unaware of the boy behind him pointing and laughing at him as he holds the man's pigtail in his hand. Another customer is shown in the center seated on a chair, the barber behind him about to cut off his pigtail as well. The third man sits in a chair on the right, reading a newspaper; his lower head is also shorn of its pigtail. The room show other customers as well as stands for wigs. Above the door on the right hangs a sign "R. Crop'em, hair dresser", a second sign beneath reads "Shave for a penny. Crop for two penny." Through the window on the left in the back, is a display of ladies' hats
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Pubd. Octr. 8, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Topic):: Barbers, Barber shops, Hairdressing, and Wigs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A crop shop [graphic]

20. French barracks [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 August 1791]
Call Number:: 791.08.12.01++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A view of the interior of a busy French barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: English barracks., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Publish'd Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):: France
Subject (Name):: France. Armée
Subject (Topic):: Barracks and quarters, Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, Soldiers, Women, and Yawning
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > French barracks [graphic]