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06-20-2011, 07:01 PM #1Senior Member
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WILLIAM HOGARTH etching, year 1738, "London by night" - antique shaving
I found this etching in Moscow museum. Etching by W. Hogarth "London by night". In the bottom left corner printed "Invented Painted Engraved & Published by Wm Hogarth March 25. 1738, according to Act of Par"
Any idea about the razor?
Interesting that shaving done by the same person who
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06-20-2011, 07:50 PM #2Senior Member
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An old barber once told me the Barber's Pole represented the trades of the Barber which were bloodletting, dentistry and grooming. Here is a link w/ more history behind it and probably a bit more accurate.
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06-20-2011, 08:59 PM #3
Interesting - looks like the barber is shaving and bleeding the guy at the same time too...
where's the link?
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06-21-2011, 02:02 PM #4Senior Member
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Oops... Originally Posted by hoglahoo
Here's two: Barber's pole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The History of the Barber Pole“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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06-21-2011, 02:15 PM #5Natty Boh
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Anyone else notice the chamber pot being dumped out the window , onto the head of the dandy looking gent , on the street below ?
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