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2.
- Creator:
- Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1730-1745]
- Call Number:
- Print10157
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Barber surgery & surgeons; Barber shops, interior.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Great Britain, Politics and government, Phlebotomy, Barbers, Barbershops, Peg legs, Shaving, Wigs, Donkeys, Swine, Monkeys, Cats, Surgical instruments, Crutches, and Elephants
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The barber shop] A barber's shop adorned we see, ... / [graphic]
3.
- Creator:
- Booth, Thomas, active 1743-1746, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 November 1749]
- Call Number:
- 749.11.29.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "This engraving represents a circular building, with conical roof of tiles, shown in two sections, and partly in perspective. Within the building is a large wheel turned by a horse and giving motion to a considerable number of spindles, to which are attached disks; on each of the disks are several razors, which are thus set in action on the faces of the men who apply their cheeks to openings in the inner wall of the building. Exterior to this inner wall is a gallery where stand the men who are thus expeditiously shaved; their hats hang on pegs, each over the hole to which the owner has applied himself. In the gallery several men are finishing or preparing for their toilettes. The operation of dressing a wig is shown below the wheel, on our right, where many combs are placed on a drum which revolves like a water-wheel before a man's wig, placed on a block near it."--British Museum catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Text following title: See the explanation., "Price 6d."--Bottom of plate, centered., For an earlier state published in 1745, see no. 2687 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, and English short title catalogue no. T42881., and With watermark of fleur-de-lis. Ms. note on verso in black in ink: Mr. Freeman, Arlington Street.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament Novr. [the] 2, 1749, and sold by J. Dubois at [the] Golden Head [the] corner of Burleigh Street near Exeter Chanc[...]
- Subject (Topic):
- Horses, Shaving, Razor blades, Machinery, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view and section of an engine propos'd to be built by subscription, which will shave sixty men in a minute, also oyl comb and powder their wigs [graphic]
4.
- Creator:
- Bretherton, Charles, approximately 1760-1783, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- date.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 83. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire: the interior of a barber who has covered his client with soap; prints and wigs are hanging on the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Second state, with shading added to the floor and to other parts of the image. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 83 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, April 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Barbershops, Barbers, Shaving, Wigs, and Pictures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The shaver and the shavee [graphic]
5.
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1773]
- Call Number:
- 773.01.01.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young man seated on a chair holds his head up while a young woman sitting astride in his lap shaves his neck. On the floor is an ornate carpet and pictures adorn the walls on either side of an oval mirror
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Series numbers in upper left and right corner of plate, respectively: V.3 16., Initial letters of publisher's name form a monogram., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Floor coverings, Mirrors, Paintings, Shaving, and Shaving equipment
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The female shaver [graphic].
6.
- Creator:
- Livesay, Richard, -1823?, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [27 November 1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Inside a cottage at Stoke, Hogarth and his friends breakfast, shave, and draw as they begin their day
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Figures are lettered in plate with key beneath title: A. The fisherman shaving. B. Mr. Thornhill. C. Mr. Tothall shaving himself. D. Mr. Hogarth drawing this drawing. E. Mr. Forrest at breakfast F. Mr. Tothall. G. Mr. Scott finishing a drawing., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate for: Gosling, W. Account of what seemed most remarkable in the five days peregrination of the five following persons ..., Not in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.)., and On page 211 in volume 3.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Novr. 27th 1781 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734,, and Scott, Samuel, approximately 1710-1772,
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Eating & drinking, Interiors, and Shaving
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Breakfasting &c. [graphic]
7.
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 20 May 1782.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of a poorly-appointed barber's shop. The barber (left) is shaving a customer who sits in profile to the left facing the window, he holds his razor carelessly, to his customer's alarm, while looking eagerly towards another customer, who sits (right) on a stool in profile to the left, reading from the 'Morning Chronicle'. The barber's assistant or apprentice, a small ragged fellow, gapes up at the reader, he straddles across the stand of a barber's block on which is the wig which he is combing. Two other customers listen intently, both wear aprons, one of them is a shoemaker with a last under his arm. The man reading is shown to be a tailor by the yard-measure which hangs from his coat-pocket. On the wall hang coat, hat, wig, a broken looking-glass, a ballad, a roller-towel. In the window wigs are suspended. On the floor are two wig-boxes (left), inscribed 'Mr Deputy Grizzle' and 'Mr Snipp', a barber's bowl, and a night-cap."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., After Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered "477" in lower left corner., The Lewis Walpole Library: For later engraving published by Bowles & Carver, see 782.05.20.02.2++., No. 23 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Apprentices, Barbers, Barbershops, Boxes, Mirrors, Shaving, Shaving equipment, Tailors, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Intelligence on the change of the ministry [graphic].
8.
- Creator:
- Kingsbury, Henry, fl. 1750-1789, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 May 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.05.10.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Fox acts as barber to the Duchess of Devonshire; he applies a razor to her cheek, holding her chin. She is seated on a settee (left) covered with striped material. Sam House stands (right) holding a barber's bowl, a towel under his arm."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 29 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 10, 1784, by J. Moore, No. 19 Hallon [i.e. Hatton?] Street
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and House, Samuel, -1785
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers, Chairs, Mirrors, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Sofas
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The political shaver [graphic].
9.
- Published / Created:
- [12 May 1785]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury Drawer 785.05.12.01
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scene in a barber's shop during the Westminster Election of 1784. 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. From the pocket of the boy protrudes a label inscribed 'Hood'; from that of the other, '[Wr]ay'. On the ground projecting from the sheet is '[F]ox'. In the foreground (left) a customer is seated, clasping his bald head with a concerned expression as he reads a newspaper; behind his head is a notice, 'State of the Poll'. Two men, their hair freshly curled, stand in profile to the left before a looking-glass (left) adjusting their cravats. On the extreme right a barber shaves a man whose face is lathered; the barber's apron is inscribed 'Success to the Poll'. 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; one (left) wears a 'Hood & Wray' favour, the other a Fox favour. A large hat on the ground has a 'Hood and Wray' favour. A barber's block has been overturned (left). On another (left) is a wig. Wigs and wig-boxes decorate the back wall."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, May 12, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street, & W. Dickenson [sic], No. 158 Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Political elections, Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A barbers shop 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. [graphic]
10.
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811
- Published / Created:
- [1785?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C22 781
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of a barber's shop with images of customers receiving various stages of services: shaving, hair cuts, care of wigs. Two dogs fight over a wig in the foreground
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication date from no. 6882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Copy of no. 6882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., No. 1 in an album of 10 prints., and Bound in half calf with marbled paper boards and spine title "Colored caricatures" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Animal fighting, Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A barbers shop [graphic]
11.
- Published / Created:
- [12 May 1785]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scene in a barber's shop during the Westminster Election of 1784. 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. From the pocket of the boy protrudes a label inscribed 'Hood'; from that of the other, '[Wr]ay'. On the ground projecting from the sheet is '[F]ox'. In the foreground (left) a customer is seated, clasping his bald head with a concerned expression as he reads a newspaper; behind his head is a notice, 'State of the Poll'. Two men, their hair freshly curled, stand in profile to the left before a looking-glass (left) adjusting their cravats. On the extreme right a barber shaves a man whose face is lathered; the barber's apron is inscribed 'Success to the Poll'. 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; one (left) wears a 'Hood & Wray' favour, the other a Fox favour. A large hat on the ground has a 'Hood and Wray' favour. A barber's block has been overturned (left). On another (left) is a wig. Wigs and wig-boxes decorate the back wall."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Mounted on page 31 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching with rocker on laid paper ; sheet 50.7 x 66.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, May 12, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street, & W. Dickenson [sic], No. 158 Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Parliament
- Subject (Topic):
- Elections, 1784, Political elections, Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A barbers shop 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. [graphic]
12.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [21 August 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.08.21.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout elderly man (left) seated in a chair shaves himself, while a pretty young woman (right) stands before him holding up a hand-mirror. A little girl is seated in a child's chair beside her father, she watches a cat and kitten at her feet."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd August 21st, 1786, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Families, Mirrors, and Shaving
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Domestic shaving [graphic]
13.
- Creator:
- Nixon, John, -1818, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawings N736 no. 12 Box D141
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in a bedroom, the bed in a niche behind a curtain, one man sits as he is being shaved by his servant, as a companion stands with his arms crossed. To their left is an open trunk wotj slippers and boots on the ground on the far left. A fourth man stands apart arrange his queue(?), two pistols on the floor to his right beside an open duffle bag. On the right wall hangs a portrait of Emperor Joseph above a large fireplace; on the left wall hangs a portrait of a woman in profile
- Alternative Title:
- Shanks Leggs servant shaving him
- Description:
- Title from ink inscription in lower margin, in the artist's hand., Date from dealer's description., Two additional ink inscriptions by the artist, to the left ("J. Nixon") and right ("G. Nixon") of the title, identify figures depicted in the scene., and Window mounted on to a slightly larger sheet.
- Subject (Name):
- Nixon, John, -1818,
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, British, Shaving, Servants, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, and Fireplaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Amsterdam, Shanks Leggs servant shaving him [art original].
14.
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1793]
- Call Number:
- 782.05.20.02.2++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of a poorly-appointed barber's shop. The barber (left) is shaving a customer who sits in profile to the left facing the window, he holds his razor carelessly, to his customer's alarm, while looking eagerly towards another customer, who sits (right) on a stool in profile to the left, reading from the 'Morning Chronicle'. The barber's assistant or apprentice, a small ragged fellow, gapes up at the reader, he straddles across the stand of a barber's block on which is the wig which he is combing. Two other customers listen intently, both wear aprons, one of them is a shoemaker with a last under his arm. The man reading is shown to be a tailor by the yard-measure which hangs from his coat-pocket. On the wall hang coat, hat, wig, a broken looking-glass, a ballad, a roller-towel. In the window wigs are suspended. On the floor are two wig-boxes (left), inscribed 'Mr Deputy Grizzle' and 'Mr Snipp', a barber's bowl, and a night-cap."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publication date inferred from the date of partnership of Bowles and Carver. See Plomer, H.R. Dictionaries of printers and booksellers., Copy after a mezzotint of the same title published by Carington Bowles in 1782., Verses below imprint begin: Sam Soapsuds was scraping the Deputys chin; when Suet and Snip, with Old Crispin came in ..., and Watermark in lower part of sheet, countermark I V in upper part.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Apprentices, Barbers, Barbershops, Boxes, Mirrors, Shaving, Shaving equipment, Tailors, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Intelligence on the change of the ministry [graphic].
15.
- 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].
16.
- 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].
17.
- 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]
18.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [19 November 1824]
- Call Number:
- 824.11.19.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A realistic bedroom scene; the bed (right) in a curtained alcove. A man reclines in a long oval (portable) bath, full to the brim; seemingly of tin, with handles, with a pillow to support the head. One man shaves him, another massages his foot, while a coffee-tray floats on (or stands in) the water. He holds a delicately balanced spoon. A wig, simulating natural hair, stands on a tall wig-block; another stand supports a coat; a dandy's trousers lie on a chair. There is a small dressing-table with shaving materials and stoppered bottles. The room is otherwise bare, with no suggestion of luxury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 19th 1824 by G. Humphrey 24 St. James's St.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bathing and Shaving
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Parisian luxury [graphic]
19.
- Creator:
- Busby, Thomas, 1754-1838, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1826.
- Call Number:
- 826.00.00.13
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Combs -- Female barbers.
- Publisher:
- Artist's Depository, 37 Charlotte St., Fitzroy Square, London
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Shaving, and Barbers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A rarity, John Bull receiving a French lathering [graphic]
20.
- Creator:
- Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1828?]
- Call Number:
- 828.00.00.12+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A complicated piece of machinery fills the centre of a room in a fashionable establishment; an open door (right) leads into a shop where, in the background, a pretty and extravagantly dressed woman (in the costume of c. 1828) presides at a counter; above the door is a model of the machine, 'Patent Shavograph!!!' Through a window (left) is seen the 'Ladies Hair Cutting Room': another machine operates on seated ladies, whose long hair is raised perpendicularly into the mechanism. Above the window is an erection of erect loops of hair, burlesquing the fashion. A dandy, waiting his turn, ogles the ladies through his monocle. Another, sitting on a chair (left), reads a newspaper, 'Herald'. The 'Shavograph' operates from right to left upon the customers who sit on a circular bench, each with his head held firm in a wedge cut from a millstone-like disk (B) at the back of his seat. The razor has just sliced off the nose of an officer who stands gesticulating wildly, putting his hand before splashing blood while one dismayed neighbour rises from his seat, and the other shouts 'Stop! Stop!' Four men on the left, waiting their turn for the razor, &c, to reach them, are unconscious of the accident. One is having his head pressed into position by a rod held by a fashionably dressed man (H) who is also working a lever. Below the design, in the border of the print: 'EXPLANATION. AAA a circular form on which the shavees sit. BBBBBB wheels that govern the position of the head. CC [cog-wheels] the machinery which moves the brush in every required direction. D a resevior [sic] of water [above the brush], boiling hot E a pipe [connecting F and D] filld with patent double compress'd shaving powder, through which the water is forced to forme a lather in the brush F. GGG [cog-wheels] the machinery which moves the razor H the Engineer with his directing rod. (Note) it is indispensible that the sitter should be firm & steady, it will be percived [sic] the neglecting this by looking after the Shop woman has cost one his nose, but he only pays the penalty of his own imprudence. "Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.' (This phrase is attributed to David Copperfield (1849) in the Oxford Dict, of Quotations, but Micawber was evidently quoting."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text above image., Shortshanks in the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Text below image begins: Explanation. AAA a circular form on which the shavees sit ..., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by E. King Chancery Lane
- Subject (Topic):
- Hair dryers, Machines, Shaving, and Steam
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Shaving by steam [graphic]
