A woman having her extremely high wig (which towers over her head in an oval form and is flanked by parallel horizontal curls) dressed with curling tongs by a French hair-dresser on a step-ladder; the woman's husband looks on through a small telescope. Engraving, c. 1771.

Date:
1771
Reference:
31709i
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1771

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1 print : engraving ; image 14 x 9 cm

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The female pyramid.

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Wellcome Collection 31709i

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