A man who has rented a haunted castle is asked to shave the ghost of a deceased barber. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1861.
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
- Date:
- 1861
- Reference:
- 30383i
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An episode in Holidays with hobgoblins: a Scotsman called Sandy MacGranite from Dunfermline rents the Château de Fleurval in Boulogne which had once been a Jacobite refuge. He is summoned from his bed by the ghost of a Jacobite barber from Kirkcaldy who shaves him and then asks to be shaved by him
Publication/Creation
1861
Physical description
1 print : etching ; image 11.5 x 7.9 cm
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Lettering
Shaving a ghost! ; designed & etched by Geo. Cruikshank
Reference
Wellcome Collection 30383i
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