A Chinese Barber
The London Printing and Publishing Company
1814
ink
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The London Printing and Publishing Company
1814
ink
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A Chinese Barber is a 1814 ink by The London Printing and Publishing Company, a Romanticism work, depicting Lantern, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a man carrying a long pole with two things hanging from it. On one end is a tall lantern, and on the other is a small wooden chest with drawers. He’s wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a long coat, and loose pants, and he looks like he’s walking somewhere. The title says he’s a barber, but he’s not holding scissors—just tools that might be for his trade. The lantern suggests he works at night or in dim places. If you like this style, look up engraving to see how artists made detailed prints like this.
An uncoloured engraving from 1814 depicts a man transporting his barber’s tools on a shoulder-borne pole.
Read the full account in the museum source.
These prints from the early 1800s show everyday scenes and actors on stage, carved as engravings rather than paintings.
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