A sufferer for decency

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · June 20, 1789

The interior of a barber's shop, conducted on popular principles, as the notice on the lantern has it : 'Shave with ease and expedition for one penny! It will be noticed that the lathering is accomplished on a wholesale scale ; a boy is waiting on the customers with a small pail of soap, and is officiating with a lathering-brush of the size of a decent hearth-broom ; the barber is waiting, with his razor poised in the air, ready to let it descend with a swoop on the face of the sufferer.