I recently posted a couple of other threads to show shaving-related pieces I've picked up. I just got another one I'd like to share, but am thinking maybe it would better to start a thread dedicated to graphic works of arts that depict shaving or shaving-related subject matter. I'll see if I can fold my earlier posts into this one somehow. I hope others will contribute as well.
Here's one to get it started. This is a steel engraving by Joel Ballin (1822-1885) after a painting by Carl Heinrich Bloch titled The Street Barber (Rome 1864). Image size of the engraving is about 13 3/4" x 11 1/5".
In the middle of a shave, an old street barber is distracted by a woman in a second story window. The customer, a strapping man with wavy locks and strong features, continues to hold his crooked expression necessary for the barber to accurately shave his face. A young poor boy, standing next to stacked baskets with leafy greens, watches the going’s on and gives the observer a quick smirk in response to the fuss.
Here's one to get it started. This is a steel engraving by Joel Ballin (1822-1885) after a painting by Carl Heinrich Bloch titled The Street Barber (Rome 1864). Image size of the engraving is about 13 3/4" x 11 1/5".
In the middle of a shave, an old street barber is distracted by a woman in a second story window. The customer, a strapping man with wavy locks and strong features, continues to hold his crooked expression necessary for the barber to accurately shave his face. A young poor boy, standing next to stacked baskets with leafy greens, watches the going’s on and gives the observer a quick smirk in response to the fuss.
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