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Patriotick Barber of New York

DateFebruary 12, 1775

Artist/Maker Philip Dawe

Artist/Maker Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

OriginEngland

MediumBlack and white mezzotint

DimensionsOverall 14 7/8" x 11" Plate 13 3/4" x 9 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1946-100

Descriptionthe interior of a barber shop is shown; a customer is half up from the barber chair, draped in a sheet, without his wig, one half of his face covered with soap. From the pocket of his coat hangs a paper inscribed Orders of Government. A man standing on the right hands him a letter inscribed "To Cap. Crozer:' the letter-carrier is raising his hat and smiling. The barber frowns and attempts to push his customer back into the chair. He holds a razor in one hand. The shop itself has many different style wigs, posters such as the Articles of Association and pictures of people, one of whom is Pitt. On the floor in the foreground are wig boxes labeled with people's names.

the bottom margin reads, The PATRIOTICK BARBER of NEW YORK / Plate III London Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennet Map & Printsellers No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act Direct 12 Feby 1775