Creator: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker / Subject (Topic): Barbers

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Creator:: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:: [8 October 1791]
Call Number:: 791.10.08.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The interior of barber shop: On the left a man stands before a mirror, face contorted as he wipes his jaw, unaware of the boy behind him pointing and laughing at him as he holds the man's pigtail in his hand. Another customer is shown in the center seated on a chair, the barber behind him about to cut off his pigtail as well. The third man sits in a chair on the right, reading a newspaper; his lower head is also shorn of its pigtail. The room show other customers as well as stands for wigs. Above the door on the right hangs a sign "R. Crop'em, hair dresser", a second sign beneath reads "Shave for a penny. Crop for two penny." Through the window on the left in the back, is a display of ladies' hats
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Pubd. Octr. 8, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Topic):: Barbers, Barber shops, Hairdressing, and Wigs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A crop shop [graphic]

Creator:: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:: Decemr. 16, 1794.
Call Number:: 794.12.16.02++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Design consists of twelve compartments arranged in three rows, each containing one or two figures and etched lines of dialogue; various scenes showing barbers, both men and women, shaving customers, cutting and arranging hair in elaborate styles
Description:: Title from caption below images., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., and Watermark: 1794 J. Whatman.
Publisher:: Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Topic):: Barbershops, Barbers, and Wigs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Sketches in a shaving shop [graphic]

Creator:: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Published / Created:: [19 August 1797]
Call Number:: 797.08.19.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
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., and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend.
Publisher:: Published 19th August 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):: Barbers, Barbershops, Chimney sweeps, Signs (Notices), and Wigs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The chimney sweeper and barber [graphic]