Description: " Fifty Years Ago , from a painting by F. Barnard " Original antique woodcut print from an 1875 issue Harper's Weekly. This is an original, 147 years old. A long-ago owner attached the paper to a sheet of stiff board (cardboard) and framed this print. The old frame is gone, but the 19th century print remains. Image size is 12 3/8" x 16" The cardboard size is about 14 1/2" x 20 1/2" This woodcut is after a painting by Fred Barnard (1846 -1896), an English illustrator, caricaturist and genre painter. His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art , and he worked as an illustrator for Punch , The Illustrated London News , and Harper's Weekly. Fred Barnard is also remembered for his numerous illustrations for the novels of Charles Dickens published in the 1870s. American expatriate painter John Singer Sargent (1856-1925, " leading portrait painter of his generation ") was close to the Barnard family at the time of Fred's death. This wood engraving depicts a scene inside an English barber shop in the year 1825 , nearly 200 years ago. A barber is shaving a man's face with a straight razor as he talks with his customers in the shop. Several men are waiting for a shave ; the barber keeps them entertained with his stories and business is good. The man being shaved has his eyes turned toward the barber as he talks. Several gentlemen lounge about the shop, clearly amused by the barber's conversation. At the right of the scene, a newly shaved man looks into a mirror and cleans the remains of shaving soap from his face. On the floor are tufts of cut hair , waiting to be swept up. On the table, behind the barber, is a bowl and shaving soap brush beside a corked bottle. Also on the table, just in front of the barber, a sharpening stone can be seen. At the far left is a round table on which is a wig stand , etc. The bespectacled older man seated at the right is holding a newspaper and a reading glass. Hanging on the wall above are three wooden birdcages with birds. On the floor, under the chair at the barber's feet, a dog lies quietly ... just trying to get some sleep. ------------- Condition: as-found. This print was mounted on stiff board and framed long ago. The framer glued-down the print to the board, and laid paper over the text which surrounded the image ( except for the title ). The board is rough at the edges, with damage at the lower edge that extends into the title of the print. The print has some old water-staining in the upper third of the image, and some small rubbed spots. Slight vertical crease visible at the center ( as-expected with a Harper's Weekly woodcut print ). ( see the photos ) Otherwise good. This 1875 print should be reframed and rehung in a barber shop today, or in the home of someone with an interest in the history of shaving. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer, and shipped flat. --------------
Price: 95 USD
Location: Coventry, Rhode Island
End Time: 2024-12-07T12:34:08.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Features: Printed in 1875
Region of Origin: New York, USA
Barber Mirror Shaving Soap Brush: Haircutting Wig Corked Bottle
Item Width: less than 1 in
Production Technique: Woodcut Printing
Item Length: 20 in
Item Height: 14 in
Subject: Birds, Dog, England, Famous Paintings/Painters, Figures, Hobbies & Leisure, Humor, Men, Working Life, Barber Shop, Community
Size: Medium
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Material: Paper
Culture: Western
Sharpening Stone: Wooden Birdcage Birds Dog
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Image Orientation: Landscape
Harper's Weekly Barbershop: Straight Razor Shave Wood Engraving
Framing: Mounted on board
Artist: Fred Barnard
Year of Production: 1875
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Style: Illustration Art, Realism
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Theme: Animals, Cities & Towns, Community Life, Cultures & Ethnicities, Domestic & Family Life, Fashion, History, Leisure, People, Social History, Working Life
Type: Print
