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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: 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. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.