A man tying a woman's absurdly high wig on to a scaffolding; another woman wearing a tall heart-shaped wig looks on. Coloured etching attributed to M. Rapine.

  • Rapine, Maximilien, 1840-1905.
Reference:
31745i
  • Pictures
  • Online

Available online

view A man tying a woman's absurdly high wig on to a scaffolding; another woman wearing a tall heart-shaped wig looks on. Coloured etching attributed to M. Rapine.

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

A man tying a woman's absurdly high wig on to a scaffolding; another woman wearing a tall heart-shaped wig looks on. Coloured etching attributed to M. Rapine. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Selected images from this work

View 1 image

About this work

Description

The prints on the walls in the background appear to be parodies of the "Perruquier" prints in the Encyclopédie

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; 12.5 x 17.8 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Rapine del.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 31745i

Type/Technique

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

Permanent link