print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1881,1112.272
Title: Object: Sketches in a Shaving Shop
Description: A design in twelve compartments arranged in three rows, and divided into approximately equal rectangles by intersecting lines; the figures are generally half length. The words are etched above the heads of the speakers. Of the barbers three are comely women (who please their customers), other figures are much caricatured. The barbers maltreat their customers through negligence or lack of skill, or flatter them grossly, or amuse them with good stories. 16 December 1794 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name: Print made by: Richard Newton; Published by: William Holland
School/style: British
Production date: 1794
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 381 millimetres; Width: 556 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (8553); Alexander 1998 / Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s (146)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Louis Bihn
Acquisition date: 1881
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1881,1112.272

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