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Manicuring

Images

  • A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • Two men, one cutting his finger-nails with a pair of scissors. Oil painting.
  • Two men, one cutting his finger-nails with a pair of scissors. Oil painting.
  • An emaciated old man is transformed by four beauticians. Coloured lithograph by Ch.-J. Fuhr after Ch. Bargue, 1852.
  • An old woman clipping her finger nails. Mezzotint by J.G. Haid after A. van Dijck (?), 1764-1767.
  • An old woman clipping her finger nails. Mezzotint by J.G. Haid after A. van Dijck (?), 1764-1767.
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    • Pictures

    An old woman clipping her finger nails. Mezzotint by J.G. Haid after A. van Dijck (?), 1764-1767.

    Dyck, Abraham van, 1635 or 1636-1672. | Date: [between 1764 and 1767] | Reference: 33891i
    • Pictures

    Two men, one cutting his finger-nails with a pair of scissors. Oil painting.

    | Reference: 45059i
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    A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.

    Piattoli, Giuseppe, active 1785-1807. | Reference: 18019i
    • Books

    Cosmedics UK : beauty.

    Cosmedics UK. | Date: 2013
    • Books

    The care of the hand : a practical text-book on manicuring and the care of the hand, for professional and private use / by William A. Woodbury.

    Woodbury, William A. | Date: [1915], ©1915
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