"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", "Wa...
Description:
Title etched within item.
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 d...
Description:
Title from caption above image.
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 onl...
Description:
Title from text below image.
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.
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 ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
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 Mus...
Description:
Title etched above image.
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...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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
