Act of cutting hair on the head of a person

A barber cutting a man's hair. Watercolour painting.

A rating having his hair cut by another seaman below deck. Chromolithograph after G. Morton.

A barber cutting a man's hair. Woodcut by Jost Amman.

A barber cutting a girl's hair: a woman looks on. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

A barber cutting the hair of a man who is largely bald. Coloured etching.

Go bananas at Riverside Studios : raising money for London Lighthouse, a centre for people facing the challenge of AIDS / London Lighthouse.

Lighthouse events : July to September 1992 / London Lighthouse.

A barber cutting a man's hair. Wood engraving and letterpress.

A barber cutting a boy's hair. Lithograph.

Achilles cutting off a lock of his hair in mourning over the body of Patroclus. Engraving by P. Lombard, 1660, after A. van Diepenbeeck.

1 print : lithograph ; image 16.2 x 13 cm

1 painting : watercolour ; image 4.7 x 7 cm

Male prisoners are sitting with their legs in stocks and their hands tied as men in turbans cut off their hair and moustaches. Etching.

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Haircutting

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Lighthouse events : July to September 1992 / London Lighthouse.

A barber cutting a boy's hair. Lithograph.

A barber cutting a man's hair. Watercolour painting.

Go bananas at Riverside Studios : raising money for London Lighthouse, a centre for people facing the challenge of AIDS / London Lighthouse.

Male prisoners are sitting with their legs in stocks and their hands tied as men in turbans cut off their hair and moustaches. Etching.

Haircutting

Images from the collections

Images referencing Haircutting

Works from the collections

Lighthouse events : July to September 1992 / London Lighthouse.

A barber cutting a boy's hair. Lithograph.

A barber cutting a man's hair. Watercolour painting.

Go bananas at Riverside Studios : raising money for London Lighthouse, a centre for people facing the challenge of AIDS / London Lighthouse.

Male prisoners are sitting with their legs in stocks and their hands tied as men in turbans cut off their hair and moustaches. Etching.

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