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4 Sept 2020

Best of the beards

Written by Collections Team
Painting showing an older man with a fur hat and large beard surrounded by three younger people. there is an open book in the foreground.
In celebration of World Beard Day on Saturday 5 September, we share some of the best bristles from across our collections.
Expand image 1: Painting showing an older man with a fur hat and large beard surrounded by three younger people. there is an open book in the foreground. Expand image 2: Statue of St Christopher holding a large walking stick from a tree branch. He has a long white beard and is carrying a Christ child on his shoulders. Expand image 3: A netsuke carving of a man with a flowing white beard sitting on the back of a deer. There are intricate carvings at the bottom. Expand image 4: Oil painting showing the head of a bald man with a large white beard and moustache. Expand image 5: Black and white photograph of a woman and a man with a beard standing in countryside with hills and sea in the background. Expand image 6: A colour cut-out figure of a man in medieval dress, with a beard.

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