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A barber is asked to shave a man who has no facial hair. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
Hablot Knight BrowneDate: 1844Reference: 30634i
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King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.
Hans Holbein the YoungerDate: 1817Reference: 543439i
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A barber about to shave an unwilling client with anthropomorphic participants. Reproduction of a coloured lithograph by Y.G.
Y. G.Reference: 11748i
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A travelling barber. Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.
Jean Baptiste VanmourDate: [1714]Reference: 37204i
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Hindu barber shaving a man's head. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 32924i
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A man who has rented a haunted castle is asked to shave the ghost of a deceased barber. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1861.
George CruikshankDate: 1861Reference: 30383i
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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.
Date: 8 August 1931Reference: 16806i
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Van Houten's cocoa : Van Houten's stands for the highest quality in cocoa.
Van Houten (Firm)Date: [189-?]
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A female barber lathering the face of a nervous man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E.J. Pigal, 1825.
Edme-Jean PigalDate: [1825]Reference: 30761i
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A barber who is also an artist neglects a seated customer whom he was shaving, in order to discuss one of his paintings with a potential purchaser. Photogravure, 1882, after F.A. Grison.
Grison, François-Adolphe, 1845-Date: 6 April 1882Reference: 30183i
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A French barber shaving John Bull. Coloured engraving by JLB, 1819.
Date: 7 March 1819Reference: 30279i
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A barber dressing a man's hair in a barber's shop at Richmond, Virginia; another man reads 'The New York Herald' while he awaits his turn. Wood engraving after E. Crowe.
Eyre CroweDate: [1861]Reference: 29959i
Books
The Worshipful Company of Barbers.
Worshipful Company of Barbers of LondonDate: [2000?]
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A barber standing outside his shop confuses a passer-by with an ambiguously worded notice. Etching by R.W. Smart and aquatint by G. Hunt after W.H. Pyne.
William Henry PyneDate: 1 August 1822Reference: 29614i
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A barber shaving a disgruntled man. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.
Henry BunburyReference: 30121i
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A monkey barber-surgeon's establishment. Oil painting after David Teniers the younger.
David Teniers the YoungerReference: 45072i
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The shorn Samson is rebuffed by Delilah. Engraving by C. Simonneau after F. Verdier, 1698.
François-Alexandre VerdierDate: 1698Reference: 18455i
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A barber shaving a man; another man sits in the background awaiting his turn. Coloured etching.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 29890i
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Barbers' Historical Group presentations. Folio 3 / Worshipful Company of Barbers.
Worshipful Company of Barbers of London. Barbers' Historical Group.Date: [2002]
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A barber standing in his shop with his hands in his pockets. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 29503i
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A barber shaving a man in his shop. Photogravure after G. Weiss, 1895.
Weiss, Emile Georges, 1861-1929.Date: 1895Reference: 30003i
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A barber cutting a boy's hair. Lithograph.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 29731i
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A barber shaving a man in his shop. Etching, 1804.
Date: 25 June 1804Reference: 30251i
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A young man puts his head through the window of a barber's shop where glass has been replaced by paper; the barber inside responds by putting his head through another paper pane: a man and two women walk by. Coloured etching by A. Mills, 1806.
Alfred MillsDate: 2 January 1806Reference: 29643i
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A hairdresser powdering a wig on a stand. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Traviès de Villers.
TravièsDate: 1800-1899Reference: 29540i