A barber curling a customer's hair with hot tongs is distracted by an item in the newspaper, consequently burning the man's head. Mezzotint by A.M. Huffam, 1827, after M.W. Sharp.

  • Sharp, Michael William, -1840.
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Augt. 1 1827
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35602i
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A barber curling a customer's hair with hot tongs is distracted by an item in the newspaper, consequently burning the man's head. Mezzotint by A.M. Huffam, 1827, after M.W. Sharp. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (14, Brownlow Street, Holborn) : W.J. White, Augt. 1 1827.

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1 print : mezzotint ; image 49 x 37.8 cm

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The red-hot politician. ; M.W. Sharp pinxt. ; A.M. Huffam sculpt.

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Wellcome Collection 35602i

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