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A Sufferer for Decency, 20 June 1789

 Item — Box: LF100 Box 1
Reference code: LF100/10
A Sufferer for Decency, 20 June 1789
A Sufferer for Decency, 20 June 1789

Scope and Contents

Aquatint. The interior of a penny-barber’s shop showing one corner of a small raftered room lit by a lamp hung from the roof and inscribed Shave with Ease & Expedition for one Penny. The barber (right) flourishes his razor above the head of a lean client whose face a boy (left) coats with lather, using a large brush; a bucket hangs on the boys arm. In the background (right) a second customer in back view is also being shaved. Two wig-blocks lie on the ground (right). Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 257 (reproduction). Partial description from the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Vol. VI. 7604.

Dates

  • Creation: 20 June 1789

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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