"Satire on barbers showing a figure composed from implements connected with the trade, the body being a mirror, the arms razors, the legs tongs, etc. In the background, three heads on blocks with names of "Three Notorious Spoil Trades": "N - cre", "Warehouse/Gr-ng - r" and "Ch-p-m-n"; woods, a house and hills beyond. Surrounded by a rococo frame from which hang combs, curls,etc.; title in a cartouche above and key below with publication line."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within item., F. Hammond's imprint partially erased from plate and replaced with that of G. Bickham. F. Hammond's publication date erased from plate., Key to numbers in the image in a vignette below it and surrounding imprint., and Price erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickham in May's Buildings, Covent Garden, and of all print sellers of London and Westminster
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Hairdressing, Shaving equipment, and Arcimboldesque figures
A satirical depiction of a machine which shaves six people in a line using a brush and razor which slide along a bar worked by a cogwheel turned by a man. In the lower left, a barber tends to a wig with curling tongs; a pile of hats along the lower design. A blunderbuss is used as powdering horn. With an address to the public below and key to numbered references below. Pictures on the walls amplifying the subject
Description:
Title from caption above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Caption below image begins: To the public. Whereas the wonderful powers of this useful machine are yet but little known ..., and Possibly the original of no. 15654 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gearing, Hair preparations, Hairdressing, Inventions, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.03.01.02.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on a country barber-surgeon: a bespectacled man holding a lancet and razor stands in profile to right, a basin under his right arm, beside his shop-sign which bears an image of a wig; the village stocks can be seen beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Later state with slight alterations in design. For earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Surgery -- Lancet -- Scratches -- Food: Reference to sausages -- Reference to washballs -- Reference to black pudding -- Red herrings -- Medicine: Reference to Scotch pills -- Reference to powder for the itch.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 1, 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Barbering, Medical equipment & supplies, Pharmacists, Physicians, Shaving equipment, Signs (Notices), Stocks (Punishment), and Wigs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 111. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a barber in profile outside his shop holding out his instruments."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Early state of the plate, before drypoint shading added to the figure's face and hair. For a later state with this additional shading, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.94., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side., Temporary local subject terms: Surgeons -- Signboards -- Medical instruments: Lancet -- Barbers implements: Razor and shaving dish -- Bob wigs -- Bob-majors wigs -- Scratches wigs -- Food: Reference to sausages -- Reference to washballs -- Black pudding -- Medicine: Reference to Scotch pills -- Reference to powder for the itch., and Mounted on page 111 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 1, 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Barbering, Medical equipment & supplies, Pharmacists, Physicians, Shaving equipment, Signs (Notices), Stocks (Punishment), and Wigs
A young man seated on a chair holds his head up while a young woman sitting astride in his lap shaves his neck. On the floor is an ornate carpet and pictures adorn the walls on either side of an oval mirror
Description:
Title engraved below image., Series numbers in upper left and right corner of plate, respectively: V.3 16., Initial letters of publisher's name form a monogram., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Floor coverings, Mirrors, Paintings, Shaving, and Shaving equipment
"Interior of a poorly-appointed barber's shop. The barber (left) is shaving a customer who sits in profile to the left facing the window, he holds his razor carelessly, to his customer's alarm, while looking eagerly towards another customer, who sits (right) on a stool in profile to the left, reading from the 'Morning Chronicle'. The barber's assistant or apprentice, a small ragged fellow, gapes up at the reader, he straddles across the stand of a barber's block on which is the wig which he is combing. Two other customers listen intently, both wear aprons, one of them is a shoemaker with a last under his arm. The man reading is shown to be a tailor by the yard-measure which hangs from his coat-pocket. On the wall hang coat, hat, wig, a broken looking-glass, a ballad, a roller-towel. In the window wigs are suspended. On the floor are two wig-boxes (left), inscribed 'Mr Deputy Grizzle' and 'Mr Snipp', a barber's bowl, and a night-cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., After Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered "477" in lower left corner., The Lewis Walpole Library: For later engraving published by Bowles & Carver, see 782.05.20.02.2++., No. 23 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"Fox acts as barber to the Duchess of Devonshire; he applies a razor to her cheek, holding her chin. She is seated on a settee (left) covered with striped material. Sam House stands (right) holding a barber's bowl, a towel under his arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 29 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10, 1784, by J. Moore, No. 19 Hallon [i.e. Hatton?] Street
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and House, Samuel, -1785
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Chairs, Mirrors, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Sofas
Volume 2, page 23. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
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:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Scene: Shaving in front of tent -- Militia: Sentry -- Officer -- Costume, 1784 -- Black footboy -- Military: Busby -- Male hats, 1784., and Mounted on page 23 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publishd. June the 25th, 1784, by C. White, Stafford Row, Pimlico
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Military uniforms, Military officers, Soldiers, Tents, Barbering, Shaving equipment, Spades, Axes, Servants, Turbans, Riding habits, Whips, and Rifles
Volume 2, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in a barber's shop during the Westminster Election of 1784. The centre figure is a man seated, full-face, swathed in a sheet, while a boy (left) applies tongs to his hair, which a man (right) is combing. From the pocket of the boy protrudes a label inscribed 'Hood'; from that of the other, '[Wr]ay'. On the ground projecting from the sheet is '[F]ox'. In the foreground (left) a customer is seated, clasping his bald head with a concerned expression as he reads a newspaper; behind his head is a notice, 'State of the Poll'. Two men, their hair freshly curled, stand in profile to the left before a looking-glass (left) adjusting their cravats. On the extreme right a barber shaves a man whose face is lathered; the barber's apron is inscribed 'Success to the Poll'. Next, a stout man wearing top-boots, standing full-face, turning his head upwards and in profile to the left, stanches a cut on his cheek with a towel. A boy stands beside him holding a barber's basin. In the centre foreground two dogs tug at a bag-wig; one (left) wears a 'Hood & Wray' favour, the other a Fox favour. A large hat on the ground has a 'Hood and Wray' favour. A barber's block has been overturned (left). On another (left) is a wig. Wigs and wig-boxes decorate the back wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 12, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street, & W. Dickenson [sic], No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
A view of a barber's shop with images of customers receiving various stages of services: shaving, hair cuts, care of wigs. Two dogs fight over a wig in the foreground
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from no. 6882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Copy of no. 6882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., No. 1 in an album of 10 prints., and Bound in half calf with marbled paper boards and spine title "Colored caricatures" in gold lettering.
