[A barber's shop] [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- [A barber's shop] [graphic].
- Contributor
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Hemskirk, E., artist.
Toms, W. H. approximately 1700-1765, associated name. - Published / Created
- [1766?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Description
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Title from British Museum catalogue.
Original etched by W.H. Toms.
Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on an advertisement of the series in Robert Sayer's catalog for 1766. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1858. Publication date of the original in Stephens: ca. 1730.
Plate numbered '5' in lower left corner, possibly one of a series of reissues of Egbert van Heemskerck, the Younger's satires, published in the 1760s.
Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: A barbers shop a medley shews, Of monsters, wigs, drawn-teeth and news, While one is shav'd another bleeds, a third the Grub Street Jornal reads ...
Slightly reduced copy in reverse, without attribution, and with different verses. Cf. No. 1859 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2.
Temporary local subject terms: Containers: tubs -- Barber's implements: dish and scissors -- Amputees -- Newspapers: Grub Street Journal -- Medical procedures: blood-letting. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i; May 1954;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 29 x 25 cm, on sheet 34 x 29 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 766.00.00.05+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1730
Etchings England London 1766 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Animals in human situations
Barbers
Barbershops
Boars
Cats
Dead animals
Dental equipment & supplies
Dentistry
Donkeys
Elephants
Fish
Hunting trophies
Interiors
Medical procedures & techniques
Monkeys
Peg legs
Signs (Notices)
Teeth - Subjects
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Animals in human situations
Barbers
Barbershops
Boars
Cats
Dead animals
Dental equipment & supplies
Dentistry
Donkeys
Elephants
Fish
Hunting trophies
Interiors
Medical procedures & techniques
Monkeys
Peg legs
Signs (Notices)
Teeth
England > 1730
England > London > 1766
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8427218
- Object ID (OID)
- 10713283