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A woman seated at her dressing table having her hair brushed by a maid. Coloured lithograph.
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- 31412i
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Credit: A woman seated at her dressing table having her hair brushed by a maid. Coloured lithograph. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Publication/Creation
[London] (172, Aldersgate St. E.C.) : R. Canton.
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 15.8 x 12.4 cm
Lettering
Oh who would be a lady's maid,/ and toil from morn till night,/ by artificial means to make,/ a beauty from a fright/ ...
Lettering note
Lettering continues: my mistress is so trying,/ her clothes are grand and fine,/ my only consolation is, I know they'll soon be mine.
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 31412i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores