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  • Various wigs and wig accessories for women, left; two patterns of wigs for men, right. Engraving by R. Bénard.
  • Three men's wigs on stands. Coloured lithograph.
  • Various styles of wigs. Engraving by R. Bénard.
  • Fourteen heads showing different types of wigs. Coloured etching, 1773.
  • Women wearing four different styles of fashionable wigs. Coloured etching.
  • Women wearing four different styles of fashionable wigs. Coloured etching.
  • Women wearing four different styles of fashionable wigs. Coloured etching.
  • Five illustrations showing different styles of hats and wigs. Etching.
  • Egypt, wigs with cones of unguent, Tomb of Userhat, Thebes.
  • Wigs classified into five different orders in a parody of the orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1761.
  • Ten different types of wigs and hair pieces. Coloured engraving, 1875.
  • Patterns for wigs. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.
  • Various feather accessories for wigs and hair. Engraving by R. Bénard after Degerantins.
  • A variety of wigs. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.
  • A variety of wigs. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.
  • Four judges in heavy wigs, two of them are fast asleep. Etching by W. Hogarth.
  • A variety of fine feather accessories for wigs and hair. Engraving by R. Bénard after Degerantins.
  • The heads and shoulders of three women who wear elaborate wigs and head-dresses. Etching by Rosmaesler (?).
  • Ferdinand Bartz and an assistant making wigs in Unter den Linden, Berlin; four busts on a pedestal. Engraving, 17--.
  • A couple assemble their false body parts: false teeth, a glass eye and wigs. Coloured lithograph by L. Boilly, 1825.
  • A couple assemble their false body parts: false teeth, a glass eye and wigs. Coloured lithograph by L. Boilly, 1825.
  • The heads and shoulders of five women who wear elaborate wigs, head-dresses, hats and hoods. Etching by Rosmaesler (?).
  • A bald couple with a variety of wigs and body pieces which they are changing around between them. Coloured etching.
  • A barber lathering a man's face, other men trying on wigs. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1818, after H.W. Bunbury, 1811.
  • Two fashionable women who wear extremely high wigs; to the right a gentleman greets them by taking his hat off. Engraving, 1773.
  • Japanese market scene: vendors are shown selling combs and hair ornaments, sandals, cloth, rice paste cakes and wigs. Colour woodcut by Shigenobu, 1865.
  • An uncouth man smoking a pipe while having his hair cut, asks the barber for his opinion on wigs and natural hair. Coloured lithograph.
  • Hospital Sunday: at the entrance to a theatre, the audience are required to surrender their wigs, lipstick, etc. Drawing by Edmund J. Sullivan, 1932.
  • A City of London barber holding in his left hand three wigs placed on a frame; the first is a two-tailed wig, the second a small 'scratch' wig and the third a style worn by the macaronis. Etching.
  • King George IV with Lady Conyngham inspecting wigs on wig-stands presented by a Frenchman; representing a disagreement in the cabinet with the 'Canning-ites' over the Corn bill. Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1828.