Person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave males' hair

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Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

A barber shaving a man in his shop in 1825. Wood engraving after F. Barnard, 1875.

Don Quixote with a lance riding a horse attacks a barber. Engraving by William Hogarth.

Labourers being shaved in a barber's shop on a Saturday evening. Etching by Thomas Jones after himself after C. Dibdin.

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Engraving by B. Baron, 1736, after H. Holbein, 1542.

A barber's shop. Coloured etching after W.H. Bunbury.

A travelling barber. Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

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

A barber shaving a man in his shop; another man looks on. Woodcut.

Hindu barber and wife. Gouache drawing.

A barber cutting a customer while shaving him; the customer retaliates by biting the barber's finger. Coloured aquatint by G. & C. Hunt after M. Egerton.

The shop of a tooth-drawer, barber, apothecary and blood-letter called "Dickey Gossip", with a song about him. Process print, 1931, after an etching, 1795.

A barber is asked to shave a man who has no facial hair. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

A barber about to shave an unwilling client with anthropomorphic participants. Reproduction of a coloured lithograph by Y.G.

Hindu barber shaving a man's head. Gouache drawing.

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Barbers

Images from the collections

Images referencing Barbers

Works from the collections

A barber is asked to shave a man who has no facial hair. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

A barber about to shave an unwilling client with anthropomorphic participants. Reproduction of a coloured lithograph by Y.G.

A travelling barber. Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

Hindu barber shaving a man's head. Gouache drawing.

Barbers

Images from the collections

Images referencing Barbers

Works from the collections

A barber is asked to shave a man who has no facial hair. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

A barber about to shave an unwilling client with anthropomorphic participants. Reproduction of a coloured lithograph by Y.G.

A travelling barber. Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.

Hindu barber shaving a man's head. Gouache drawing.

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