The dog barber [graphic]

Description

Title: The dog barber [graphic]
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [25 April 1771]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. accordg. to act of Parlt. Aprl. 25th, 1771, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Abstract: "A standing French man with shears and a dog under his arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Variant state based on comparisons with other versions in The Lewis Walpole Library. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call nos.: Bunbury 771.04.25.01.1, Bunbury 771.04.25.01.2.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "V. 1" in upper left corner and "1" in upper right corner.
For an earlier state lacking volume numbering, see no. 4668 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
First of three plates on leaf 57.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15 x 10.5 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.1 x 10.6 cm, on sheet 24 x 14 cm
Edition: [State with plate and volume numbers and added ground detail].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 57. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1771
Etchings England London 1771
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Barbers
Scissors & shears
Dogs
Signs (Notices)
Subjects: Clothing & dress > France > 1770-1780
Barbers
Scissors & shears
Dogs
Signs (Notices)
England > 1771
England > London > 1771

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