3038367 Barber Surgeon\'s Hall, Monkwell Street, 1830 (engraving) by Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Barbers, dextrous with knives, assisted in surgery and took over when monks were forbidden to practice. Their power struggle with surgeons continued until 1540 when King Henry VIII presented a charter celebrating the Act of Union between the Company of Barbers and the Guild or Fellowship of Surgeons. Hans Holbein\'s painting of the event (WCB 6303) hangs in the hall. ); English, out of copyright.