Don Quixote charging at a barber, under that the delusion that his shaving bowl is a helmet that makes its wearer invulnerable. Mezzotint by W. Giller, 1827, after A. Cooper.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

Our exhibition ‘1880 THAT: Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader’ in Gallery 2 is closed this afternoon (Tuesday 17 February) due to essential maintenance work. Thank you for your understanding.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Shaving - Equipment and supplies

Works from the collections

Don Quixote charging at a barber, under that the delusion that his shaving bowl is a helmet that makes its wearer invulnerable. Mezzotint by W. Giller, 1827, after A. Cooper.