Grooming Collection

Le Tondeur de chiens, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Tondeur de chiens, 1842. The dog-shearer. A worried woman looks on as a man uses a pair of scissors to cut her pet's fur. Series: Bohemiens de Paris; Periodical: Le Charivari, 15 February 1842

Jeunesse d'Alcibiade, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Jeunesse d'Alcibiade, 1842. The Youth of Alcibiades. Ce dandy rutilant aureole de fleurs, Si cranement galbe dans sa prestance riche, Voulant faire un beau jour la queue a ses blaguers

Chez le tailleur chez le coiffeur, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Chez le tailleur chez le coiffeur, 19th century. The torment of civilization - At the tailor. At the hairdresser

La toilette, 1771. Creators: Nicolas Ponce, Charles Nicolas Cochin
La toilette, 1771

The Doncaster Winners: St. Leger - "Knight of St. George"; Doncaster Cup - "Virago", 1854. At the end of the racing season of last year

Scene in the Place, at Calais, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Scene in the Place, at Calais, 1854. Allied personnel in France before leaving to fight in the Crimean War. French soldiers are not restricted to be very close shavers - in the literal reuse

The Barbers Boutique, (1885). Artist: Charles Nicolas Cochin
The Barbers Boutique, (1885). A scene in a French barbershop of the 17th century when wigs first came into fashion. Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789

Bean pickers barbering each other, near West Staten, Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean pickers barbering each other. Near West Staten, Marion County, Oregon

Cosmetic Jar, 5th-7th century. Creator: Unknown
Cosmetic Jar, 5th-7th century

Kohl Container, 5th-6th century. Creator: Unknown
Kohl Container, 5th-6th century

Barbers Bowl, London, c. 1680. Creator: William Allen
Barbers Bowl, London, c. 1680

Comb, c. 1940. Creator: Irene Lawson
Comb, c. 1940

Comb, c. 1940. Creator: Cora Parker
Comb, c. 1940

Crane, Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Hokusai
Crane, Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century

The Barber (le Barbier), ca. 1632-33. Creator: Abraham Bosse
The Barber (le Barbier), ca. 1632-33

Monkeys, March 1888. Creator: Kawanabe Kyosai
Monkeys, March 1888

Advertisement for Anzora hair fixative, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Advertisement for Anzora hair fixative, 1936. A Neat Idea for a Christmas Present - Anzora Masters the Hair. Advertisement aimed at the British colonial community in India

Natives of the Muchicongo Tribe, Near Luanda, Congo, Vol II, c1820-30. Creator: Italian School
Natives of the Muchicongo Tribe, Near Luanda, Congo, Vol II, Pl. 42. from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne c.1820-30 (colour lithograph)

Grooming cattle in a cowshed, Claybury Hospital, Woodford Bridge, London, 1937. Claybury was a purpose-built home for 2, 500 mentally ill people

A barbers shop, 1784. The interior of a barbers shop during the Westminster election of 1784. A man is seated having his hair combed by a boy from whose pocket shows the label [Wr]ay

The Toilet of an Attorneys Clerk, c1778-1832. Artist: Philibert Louis Debucourt
The Toilet of an Attorneys Clerk, c1778-1832

Gypsy man shaving, 1960s

Gipsy shaving, Lewes, Sussex, 1964

A Swell, c1896, (1897). Artist: Philip William May
A Swell, c1896, (1897). From The Studio Volume 9. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1897]

Grooming costers donkeys, London, c1903 (1903). View of stables and donkeys for hire to costers (or costermongers), street traders selling fruit and vegetables. From Living London, Vol

Monkey, 1766 (1886). From the Soshiseki gwa-fu. A print from The Pictorial Arts of Japan, by William Anderson, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London, 1886

A Japanese woman combing her hair, 1920 (1930). Artist: Hashiguchi Goyo
A Japanese woman combing her hair, 1920 (1930). From Apollo magazine, volume XII, no 71 (November 1930)

Woman having her hair done, late 19th-early 20th century. Artist: Ferdinand Freih van Reznicek
Woman having her hair done, late 19th-early 20th century

Barbers, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Barbers, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Woman Adjusting Her Hair in Front of the Mirror, 1930. Artist: Kitano Tsunetoni
Woman Adjusting Her Hair in Front of the Mirror, 1930. From the British Museum, London

Young Woman with Earrings, 1657. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Young Woman with Earrings, 1657

Bone comes from Graves of the Viking Period, Sweden, 8th- mid-11th century. At National Museum of Antiquities Stockholm

Prostitution, 17th century. Italian engraving showing a prostitute grooming herself (left) while a pimp (right) takes a purse of money from another woman who is entertaining a client

King Gillettes safety razor with replaceable blade, 1905. King Camp Gillette developed the disposable blade safety razor during the 1890s with engineer William Emery Nickerson

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