1-645-530 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

'A barber's shop', 1784. The interior of a barber's shop during the Westminster election of 1784. A man is seated having his hair combed by a boy from whose pocket shows the label [Wr]ay and curled by another with the label Hood, referring to Cecil Wray and Viscount Hood, two of the candidates for the Westminster constituency.