File:The village barber (BM J,5.121).jpg
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Title |
The village barber |
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Description |
English: A barber is dressing the hair of a woman seated in profile to the right. An enormous heart-shaped cushion has been fixed on her head, and the barber, standing on tip-toe, is fixing to it a tress of false hair. The woman's own hair hangs loosely over her shoulders and forehead; in her hand is another piece of false hair. A woman wearing a cap and apron holds a mirror. On a round table are a number of curls and hair-pins. Wigs hanging on the wall and a barber's block indicate a barber's shop. On a shelf is a book inscribed "Revd Mr Spintext", implying that the barber is also a minister or local preacher; he is neatly dressed and wears a check apron. In the wall is a small lattice-window; a vase of flowers stands on the sill. 1 June 1778
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Date |
1778 date QS:P571,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
J,5.121 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) For satires on hair-dressing see BMSat 5370, &c. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_J-5-121 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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