'A barbers shop in assize time'







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'A barbers shop in assize time'
by James Gillray, published by George Humphrey, after Henry William Bunbury
hand-coloured etching and stipple engraving, published 15 May 1818
16 7/8 in. x 23 5/8 in. (430 mm x 599 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1947
Reference Collection
NPG D13119
Artistsback to top
- Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), Artist and caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
- James Gillray (1756-1815), Caricaturist. Artist or producer associated with 881 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
- George Humphrey (active 1783-1831), Publisher and printseller; nephew of Hannah Humphrey. Artist or producer associated with 88 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
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Events of 1818back to top
Current affairs
Death of Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's Queen since 1761.Official enquiry initiated into Queen Caroline's conduct abroad.
Art and science
Mary Shelley anonymously publishes her masterpiece Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus which reflects growing concern about the role of morality in science.Lord Byron completes his romance Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage, whose gloomy, dissolute hero was probably based on the writer himself.
International
Stamford Raffles acquires authorisation to construct a fort at Singapore marking the beginning of its development as a centre of East-West trade.Congress of European Alliance at Aix-La-Chapelle. Lord Castlereagh plays a central role in establishing a pan-Europe peace settlement to bring a chastened France back into the world of political respectability.
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