Faut apprendre à souffrir pour être Belle [graphic].

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Title: Faut apprendre à souffrir pour être Belle [graphic].
Contributor: Gameray, Louis, 1783-1857, artist.
La Mésangère, Pierre de, 1761-1831, publisher.
Published / Created: [1814?]
Publication Place: Paris
Publisher: La Mésangère
Abstract: 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.
Pierre La Mésangère, located on rue Montmatre in Paris.
Provenance: Sold at Forum Auctions, 16 March 2017, lot 80. Purchased through Jarndyce; March 2017.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23.5 x 27 cm
Language: French

Genre: Etchings France Paris 1814
Satires (Visual works) France 1814
Material: etching on laid, hand-colored ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Paris
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dressing tables
Hairdressing
Mirrors
Pride
Stilts
Subjects: Clothing & dress > France > Paris > 1810-1820
Dressing tables
Hairdressing
Mirrors
Pride
Stilts
France > Paris > 1814
France > 1814

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