The patriotick barber of New York, 1775

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Creator / Contributor: Dawe, Philip
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Title: The patriotick barber of New York, 1775
Collection Title: Treasures of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for R. Sayer & I. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 12 Feby 1775
Date: 1775
Description: Hand-colored mezzotint. This cartoon shows a New York barber refusing to finish shaving a customer after learning of his British identity. Attributed to Philip Dawe (British, 1745?–1809?).
Identifier: Print Room – PR 010 – Cartoon and Caricature File, 1775-1
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Subject: Barbershops
Shaving
Subject corporate name: Sons of Liberty
Subject geographic name: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Material type or medium of original: caricatures
mezzotints (prints)
political cartoons
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