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Concept

Barbering

Images

  • A barber's and wig-maker's establishment, above; shaving bowls, flasks and razors, below. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.
  • Two Japanese barbers: shaving (left), and hairdressing (right). Coloured photograph.
  • An emaciated old man is transformed by four beauticians. Coloured lithograph by Ch.-J. Fuhr after Ch. Bargue, 1852.
  • A barber's and wig-maker's establishment, above; shaving bowls, flasks and razors, below. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.
  • Two Japanese barbers: shaving (left), and hairdressing (right). Coloured photograph.
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Catalogue

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    Nuova prattica della decoratoria manuale, et della sagnia; l'vna a barbieri, et l'altra a chirugici singolarmente necessaria, divisa in libri tre: Nel primo de quali si spiegano gli ornamenti dell'arte del barbiere ... Nel secondo si dimostra la piena anatomia delle vene ... Nel terzo si da l'uso prattico delle sanguisughe; delle scarificationi; delle ventose; de cauterij; de vesicatorij; ... / da Tiberio Malfi da Montesarchio.

    Malfi, Tiberio, active 1626. | Date: MDCXXIX [1629]
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    Sudan: barbering, tooth-drawing and cupping being practised. Photograph, ca. 1920.

    | Date: 1920 | Reference: 580561i
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    A country barber shaving a man; a woman stands on the left. Gouache, 18--.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 728043i
    Part of: Indian practitioners of crafts, trades and professions. Gouache paintings, 18--.
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    Sudan: a barber at work on a seated customer in the street, his tools spread out on the ground next to him. Photograph, ca. 1920.

    | Date: 1920 | Reference: 580558i
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    Two Japanese barbers: shaving (left), and hairdressing (right). Coloured photograph.

    | Reference: 35505i
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