Barber [graphic] / Woodward del. ; etch'd by Rowlandson.

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Title: Barber [graphic] / Woodward del. ; etch'd by Rowlandson.
Alternative Title: Country characters ; no. 3
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Published / Created: 1799 August 30
Copyright Date: [30 August 1799]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: R. Ackerman, no. 101 Strand
Abstract: "A lank barber, holding his customer by the nose and negligently slicing at it with his razor, reads from 'The London Gazette' which his victim holds: They write from Amsterdam (cf. BMSat 9412). The enraged customer shouts "Hallohl you Sir - what are you about? are you going to cut my nose off."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Series title and number etched above image.
Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Amsterdam -- Containers: jugs.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.5 x 19.4 cm, on sheet 28 x 22 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1799.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1799.
Subject (Name): Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic): Barbers.
Barbershops.
Newspapers.
Wigs.

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.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9483
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 13-14