A hairdresser stands on stilts to dress the hair of a lady who sits before her mirrored vanity, her fee outstretched and resting on a foot stool. He pulls her long hair high above her head to its full length is taut as he twists to style it. She holds the sides of her head in pain. His coat is tossed on the chair to the left. On her vanity are a pin cushion, bottles, and ribbons. The mirror is supported but two female figures in classical dress and adorned with two cherubs at the top who hold a laurel wreath
Description:
Title etched below image., After Louis Gameray and published by Pierre La Mésangère. See British Museum online catalogue registration number: 1861,1012.197., Series title and number etched above image, Dated in the British Museum catalogue: 1814., and Pierre La Mésangère, located on rue Montmatre in Paris.
Publisher:
La Mésangère
Subject (Geographic):
France and Paris
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dressing tables, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Pride, and Stilts
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Possibly after Antoine Chazal., From: Album Comique de Pathologie Pittoresque, Paris, A. Tardieu, 1823., Above image: Album Comique., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Ambroise Tardieu éditeur rue du battoir No.12 and Lith de Langlumé
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox, Communicable diseases, Vaccination, Families, Physicians, Sick persons, and Mirrors
Title below image, in ink., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher's known location., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
chez Martinet
Subject (Topic):
Diseases, Symptoms, Sick persons, Wigs, Spouses, and Mirrors
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Above image: Caricaturna 72., Originally published in Le Charivari, 14 January 1838., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert gal. véro-dodat and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
Subject (Topic):
Robert Macaire (Fictitious character)., Deals, Colic, Negotiation in business, Actors, Pain, Costumes, Theatrical producers & directors, and Mirrors
