More miseries. Having so flaccid a cheek that the parish barber...

More miseries. Having so flaccid a cheek that the parish barber...

Item Information

Title:
More miseries. Having so flaccid a cheek that the parish barber...
Title (alt.):
More miseries - troubles at the barber shop
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Rowlandson fecit.
Date:
April 1, 1807
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
Miseries of Human Life
Subjects:
Barbers
Barbershops
Shaving
Dogs
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 11 x 18 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pg45f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Repository of Arts, 101 Strand : R. Ackermann
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title from supporting materials.
Grego, II, p. 120
On item: Page 66
Caption on item: Having so flaccid a cheek that the parish barber, who shaves you, is obliged to introduce his thumb into your mouth to give it a proper projection, cutting his thumb in this position with the razor.
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Notes (object):
One of 49 etchings bound with title page in "The Miseries of Human Life," designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson. This volume was published December 1, 1808 by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London.
Identifier:
18_03_000422
Barcode:
36666003257660