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- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [19 August 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.08.19.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene inside a barbershop with dandies and other citizens awaiting service. The man in the barber chair looks on with horror as a chimneysweep enters the shop wtih his bag over his shoulder. On the wall is a sign "Shave for a penny" and shelves with wig boxes labeled "Aldmn. Grizzle" and "Mr. Rumfit."
- Description:
- Title from item., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Three lines of text below title: A knowing young sweep, after finishing a chimney at barbers ..., Numbered '195' in lower left of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: barber's shop -- Barbers -- Chimney-sweeps -- Wigs -- Signs: Shave for a penny., and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend.
- Publisher:
- Published 19th August 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers, Barbershops, Chimney sweeps, Signs (Notices), and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The chimney sweeper and barber [graphic]