Satirical cartoon, A Barbers Examination
Satirical cartoon, A Barbers Examination. An encounter between a barber and a justice of the peace. The justice, annoyed at the impudence of the fellow before him says: write over your shop in capital letters CITIZEN SHAVER to the SWINISH MULTITUDE'. This refers to Edmund Burke's notorious phrase in his Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790
Picture No
10201938
Media ID
47874860
Size
3335px x 4666px
(2.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Reform Club
Source
Unattributed cartoon
Date
1795
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