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Venus, or a nude woman, looking over her shoulder as she combs her hair. Engraving by J. Bouilliard, 1788, after A. Borel after Palma Vecchio.
Palma, il Vecchio, 1480?-1528.Date: 1788Reference: 33350iPart of: Galerie du Palais-Royal.
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An old woman wearing spectacles picking fleas or lice from a man's hair; behind her stands a man who holds up a jug. Engraving by J. Aliamet after A. van Ostade.
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 34172i
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Two women at a wash-basin; to the right is a man with the attributes of an initiate of Dionysus. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937.
Date: 1937Reference: 34486i
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The art of preserving the hair on philosophical principles / by the author of the art of improving the voice.
Rennie, James.Date: 1825
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Lecture on the growth, cultivation, and diseases of the hair / by James Stokes, hair physician and artistical hair cutter.
Stokes, James, active 1849.Date: 1849