A Barber’s Shop at Richmond, Virginia (1861)

Engraving of 'A Barber's Shop at Richmond, Virginia' by Eyre Crowe (1861)

Engraving of 'A Barber's Shop at Richmond, Virginia' by Eyre Crowe (1861)

Medium: oil

Exhibited: British Institution, 1861

This painting was exhibited at the British Institution in 1861, when it was valued at 35 guineas (£35 15s 0d) and was reproduced in Eyre Crowe’s own book of reminiscences of his American trip, With Thackeray in America, in 1893. An engraving of the painting also appeared as the cover page of the Illustrated London News on 9 March 1861.

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