The chimney sweeper and barber [graphic]

Description

Title: The chimney sweeper and barber [graphic]
Creator: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [19 August 1797]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 19th August 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
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.
Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.5 x 26 cm, on sheet 23 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Engravings England London 1797
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching & engraving with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Barbers
Barbershops
Chimney sweeps
Signs (Notices)
Wigs
Subjects: Barbers
Barbershops
Chimney sweeps
Signs (Notices)
Wigs
England > 1797
England > London > 1797

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