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- Creator:
- White, Charles, 1751-1825, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 November 1794]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 794.11.17.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Three visitors regard with amusement a soldier who acts as barber. A soldier sits (left) outside a tent, his hair lank and undressed, his chin lathered, a cloth round his neck. The barber stands flourishing a razor; he is in full regimentals, wearing a busby, with intrenching tools (a spade and axe) thrust through his belt. Facing him in profile to the left stands a lady with a man in riding-dress on each side of her; one points, the others raise their hands in amused surprise. A grinning black boy in livery, wearing a turban and carrying a riding-whip, stands behind them. A sentry stands on duty beside the tent with his musket across his shoulder. Another soldier stands on the extreme right, his hands crossed on his breast. A row of tents, backed by trees and the contour of a hill, forms a background. In the middle distance an officer with another soldier appears to be inspecting the camp."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print originally published 25 June 1784 by C. White. Cf. No. 6727 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Military barbers -- Military tents -- Military uniforms -- Regimentals uniforms -- Male costume -- Domestic service -- Riding whips -- Guns: Musket., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Published Novr. 17, 1794, by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley & No. 8 Broad Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Military camps, Soldiers, Tents, Barbering, Shaving equipment, Spades, Axes, Servants, Turbans, Riding habits, Whips, and Rifles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A camp scene [graphic]