Barber [graphic] / Woodward del. ; etch'd by Rowlandson.
- Published/Created:
- [London]
Publishd. Augt. 30, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
[30 August 1799] - Copyright Date:
- [30 August 1799]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.5 x 19.4 cm, on sheet 28 x 22 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below image.
Series title and number etched above image.
Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Amsterdam -- Containers: jugs.
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. viii. - Abstract:
- "A lank barber, holding his customer by the nose and negligently slicing at it with his razor, reads from 'The London Gazette' which his victim holds: They write from Amsterdam (cf. BMSat 9412). The enraged customer shouts "Hallohl you Sir - what are you about? are you going to cut my nose off."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- Country characters ; no. 3
- Associated Names:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 [Printmaker]
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834 [Publisher]
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809 [Artist] - Topics:
- Barbers
Barbershops
Newspapers
Wigs - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings -- England -- London -- 1799
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1799
Watermarks (Paper) -- 1798 - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 799.08.30.03
- Orbis Record:
- 8197575
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr09549
- Volume/Enumeration:
- Digital version
- OID:
- 10941433
- PID:
- digcoll:951032
