File:The Patriotic barber of New York, or the Captain in the suds (BM 1877,1013.859).jpg
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The Patriotic barber of New York, or the Captain in the suds ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
The Patriotic barber of New York, or the Captain in the suds |
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Description |
English: The interior of a barber's shop. A customer is in the barber's 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 Capn Crozer"; the letter-carrier is raising his hat and grinning. The barber frowns and pushes his customer by the shoulder as if to eject him from his shop; he holds a razor in his left hand and points to a broken barber's bowl on the ground, from which soapy water is pouring out. On the left is a door, the lower part closed by a gate; a man standing outside, points to the captain, with a grin. Over the door is the word "Barclay", showing that the shop was in Barclay Street, New York.
Mezzotint |
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Depicted people | Representation of: Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1775 date QS:P571,+1775-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1877,1013.859 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) One of a series, see pp. 169,196-7, and BMSat 5241. This depicts an incident which was the subject of a 'Card' dated Oct. 3rd [1774] circulated by the Sons of Liberty in New York praising the patriotic conduct of Mr Jacob Vredenburgh in refusing to complete the shaving of Captain John Crozer, Commander of the 'Empress of Russia', a British transport in the river, after he had been "most fortunately and providentially informed of the identity of the gentleman's person when he had about half finished the job". All "Gentlemen of the Razor" were urged to follow this example. The 'card' was printed in English newspapers, e.g. 'Kentish Gazette', 7 Jan. 1775. The names on the wig-boxes show great knowledge of New York politics, some were well known at the date of the print: Alexander Mc Dougell, "the American Wilkes", John Lamb, the leader of the New York Radicals, Isaac Sears, the ultra-radical leader of the mechanics (Van Tyne, 'Causes of the American War of Independence', 270). Antony Griffiths and Francis Van-Dyke were 'Sons of Liberty' who were especially active in the policy of intimidation; Cornelius Low the big is presumably Cornelius P. Low, a member of the Committee of One Hundred appointed to administer local affairs after the battle of Lexington. Abraham Livingston was subsequently a captain in Marinus Willett's 'Regiment of the Line'. Bleck Johnno is identified by Mr. Halsey as John Blagge an active patriot. William Lugg is unknown, Van Zandt, Broome, and Welle or Walter Franklin were influential merchants, the first among the most radical of the Sons of Liberty, the second Captain of the 'Union' Independent Company who drilled on the Common. The last had been active in enforcing Non-Importation after 1765. Halsey, 'The Boston Port Bill, as pictured by a Contemporary London Cartoonist', New York, Grolier Club, 1904, pp. 217-22. Reproduction, ibid., p. 215. (later addition) One of a series (cf BMSat 5241), of which two plates are not in the BM (see BMSat sv.1775, pp.194-5). The plates have been attributed to P.Dawe. Kept in the unmounted series is a photograph of another impression, which is identical except that the publication line reads 12 February 1775. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1877-1013-859 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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