Artist: Charles Williams. Published: Walker. Napoleon is the barber who shaves in his shop the powers of Europe with the help of Talleyrand. John Bull looks in through a window on the extreme left. The Emperor (smaller in scale than the others) seizes the long beard of the tall Sultan of Turkey (right), flourishing a gigantic razor of 'Corsican Steel'. He wears uniform with spurred boots and an apron. Talleyrand stands behind him, using a shaving-brush on the open mouth of the protesting Turk who wears a jewelled turban and long furred robe over loose trousers. Talleyrand (ex-bishop of Autun) wears a long nd a mitre; one shoe is supported on blocks; he holds a barber's bowl containing a soap-ball. Napoleon says: "Lather away Tally I'll soon ease him of his Superflueties and make him look like my Christian Customers." The Sultan exclaims: "By the Holy Prophet I must not part with my beard, why my people will not acknowledge me for the grand Signor again! at Constantinople!!" Talleyrand: "Come Come dont make such a fuss, my Master will cut away when he catches anybody in his shop - " Behind Napoleon the King of Prussia sits full face in an arm-chair waiting his turn. The lower part of his face is lathered, he still has hair on his head. He holds a document: 'Plan of Hanover', and says, turning to a fat Dutchman, "I hope he don't mean to shave me as bare as he has you, and my neighbour Austria there? I should not sit here so quietly with my face lathered!!" The Dutchman his hands in the pockets of his bulky breeches, answers, "Yaw Mynheer very close shaver, its Nix my doll [Cant or underworld slang for 'nothing'. Partridge, 'Salng Dict.', 1938.] when you are used to it." His face and completely shaved head are covered with gashes (or strips of sticking-plaster). Behind the Dutchman stands the Emperor of Austria, his face and shaved head similarly gashed; he holds a paper: 'Division of Germany', and looks round at John Bull, pointing to Napoleon's razor; he says: "Come Johnny, come in and be shaved, don't be frighten 'd at the size of the Razor, it cuts very clean I assure you!" John answers: "By Goles so it seems and leaves a dom'd sight of gashes behoind, as you and Mynheer can testify!!" At Napoleon's feet lies a huge closed razor: 'for Iohn Bull'. On the right is a pyramid of cannon-balls in a tray inscribed 'Wash Balls'. Behind Francis I is a bill on the wall: 'Nap. Boney shaver general to most of the Sovereigns on the Continet [sic] - shaves expeditiously and clean a few Gashes excepted, is ready to undertake any new Customer who is willing to submit to the above.' After the title:

'"Boney beats Jemmy Wright, "Who shaved as well as any Man, almost not quite'. Description from the British Museum.