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The Barber's Shop

After Henry William Bunbury British
Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British
March 20, 1803
Not on view
A large man sits at center covered with a cloth, having his hair dressed by a barber and a boy. Another customer at right wears a cap and is covered by a cloth as he is shaved. A third figure, just released from the attentions of the barber, dabs at his neck, directed by a boy. At far left, a tall thin man and short portly man both look in a mirror and tie their neckcloths. Near them a seated bald man looks up from his paper in concern as two dogs fight over his wig which has fallen from a stand.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Barber's Shop
  • Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Artist: After Henry William Bunbury (British, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1750–1811 Keswick, Cumberland)
  • Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
  • Date: March 20, 1803
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet (inlaid): 7 1/2 × 8 9/16 in. (19 × 21.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.871
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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