Heath (William)

a satire on the ban by William IV of servicemen wearing moustaches, depicting him as a forthright barber, with apron and short jacket over his naval uniform, wielding a cut-throat razor bearing his initials and an anchor symbol in one hand, taking a firm grip of a moustachioed officer’s chin with the other, the officer muttering “most Barber-ous”, the Duke of Cumberland, wkith full handlebar moustache, exits stage left, uttering “If this is the case I had better Cut my Stick”, as the Duke of Wellington gestures to him with a shaving brush and soap bowl,

etching with original hand-colouring, 355 x 250 mm. 14 x 9 7/8 in), trimmed on the platemark, a small loss at the upper sheet edge just to the outer border line, [BM Satires 16226],