The Barber's Shop, Chelsea |  Freer Gallery of Art (1905.338) | |
| Number: | 263 | |
| Date: | 1886 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 166 x 242 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 11 | |
| Catalogues: | K.271; M.268; W.229 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (11) | ||
The Barber's Shop, Chelsea probably dates from December 1886. The butterfly signature is consistent with a date of 1886 or 1887.
The newspaper poster seen in front of the shop, advertising Fred Carlos, provides this precise date. Carlos played Sloper Crusoe in a production of Robinson Crusoe at the Grand Theatre in 1886. 1
The newspaper poster seen in front of the shop, advertising Fred Carlos, provides this precise date. Carlos played Sloper Crusoe in a production of Robinson Crusoe at the Grand Theatre in 1886. 1
1: The Times, 28 December 1886, p. 5.