Le Barbier du Village
Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (Paris 1741 - Paris 1814)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1895
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
560 x 645 mm
Place of origin
France
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500081
Summary
One of a set of five chromolithographs. Depicts a scene in a room with brick floors and a group of four male figures, a barber on the left shaving the man beside him who is seated on a wooden chair. To the right is a seated old man wearing a black hat resting his hands on a walking stick; wooden door nearby. Mounted within frame.
Marks and inscriptions
ON RASE AUJOURDHUI / POUR DEUX SOUS / ET DEMAIN POUR RIEN / (printed on a sign within the image)
Makers and roles
Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (Paris 1741 - Paris 1814) , artist Boussod, Valadon & Cie, owner