'Richard's shop soon became the fashion' mb-code IH183959 'New Elgin Marbles'

'New Elgin Marbles'

Landro and Monte Cristallo

the prince strides along with a rolled umbrella

The view shows the north front of Somerset House and the Church of St Mary-le-Strand

'Richard's shop soon became the fashion' mb-code IH183959 'New Elgin Marbles''Richard's shop soon became the fashion', 1750s, (1905). Richard Arkwright's barber shop undercut all the others. Arkwright, the Englishman credited with the invention of the water frame, worked as a barber until he was 28. Illustration from Our Island Story by H E Marshall, published by T C & E C Jack Ltd, (London and Edinburgh, 1905). The book gave a very biased and pro British view of history.