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  • Interior of a surgery with a surgeon treating a wound in the arm of a man, with a boy and five other figures. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • King Henry VIII granting a Royal charter to the Barber-Surgeons Company. Wood engraving by H.D. Linton after H. Holbein.
  • Ambroise Paré, as an apprentice barber-surgeon in a busy shop in Paris. Wood engraving by J. Ansseau after E. Morin.
  • An Egyptian barber shaving a man; a boy assistant looks on. Engraving by G.B. Cecchi after Vivant-Denon.
  • An episode in the play "The dancing barber" by Charles Selby: Narcissus Fitzfrizzle attending to the hair of Alfred Fitzfrolic in the rooms of the latter. Etching by R. Cruikshank.
  • Half-human, half-monkey barbers shaving a goat. Etching by G. van der Gucht after J. Wootton.
  • A barber about to shave an unwilling client with anthropomorphic participants. Reproduction of a coloured lithograph by Y.G.
  • A barber wearing a long cloak is playing the guitar. Coloured engraving by Juan de la Cruz after Manuel de la Cruz.
  • A barber-surgeons shop with animals in place of humans. Engraving, c. 1730, after E. van Heemskerck.
  • A barber shaving a disgruntled man. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury.
  • Harlequin, magician and barber: the deceived rivals. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1758, after C. Troost, 1738.
  • A barber-surgeon's house, where monkeys shave cats and let blood. Line engraving, c. 1660, after D. Teniers II.
  • Four conversations in which one speaker annoys the other. Coloured etching, 1800.
  • A barber's shop. Coloured etching by C. Knight after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A village barber-surgeon standing in front of his shop, holding a razor and a lancet; in the distance are the village stocks. Coloured etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.
  • Benjamin Disraeli as a barber called "Ben Jingo" is cutting the face of John Bull while shaving him. Engraving (?) by W. Dewane, 188-.
  • A man who has rented a haunted castle is asked to shave the ghost of a deceased barber. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1861.
  • A barber with his back turned, standing by his chair. Etching by the Comte de Caylus, 1737, after E. Bouchardon.
  • A surgery and barbershop. Coloured lithograph attributed to C. Mohr.
  • A deputation of dissolute surgeons to the Lord Chancellor. Coloured etching by G.M. Woodward, 1797.
  • A barber's shop in which men demonstrate the sense of sight. Etching by W. Peeters after C. de Wael.
  • A barber attending to a man's hair. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1825.
  • A barber-surgeons shop with animals in place of humans. Engraving, c. 1730, after E. van Heemskerck.
  • Four conversations in which one speaker annoys the other. Coloured etching, 1800.
  • A young man puts his head through the window of a barber's shop where glass has been replaced by paper; the barber inside responds by putting his head through another paper pane: a man and two women walk by. Coloured etching by A. Mills, 1806.
  • Parody coat of arms of a united company of surgeons and barbers. Drawing (?) by John Marshall, 1798.
  • Interior of a surgery with a surgeon treating a wound in the arm of a man, with a boy and five other figures. Oil painting by Matthijs Naiveu.
  • A country barber shaving a man; a woman stands on the left. Gouache, 18--.
  • A barber shaving a man in his shop. Etching, 1804.
  • A barber shaving a man in his shop. Photogravure after G. Weiss, 1895.