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1. The wig [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 February 1810]
- Call Number:
- 810.02.26.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The lady sits facing her reflection in a pier-glass. She wears a plain muslin gown with long sleeves and holds an open book: 'Delphine'. Her hair is cropped; the maid holds the brown wig with tight curls which she is about to place on her mistress's head. The dressing-table has been pushed to the left; the end remaining in view is covered with bottles of 'Honey Water', 'Eau de Cologne', 'Otto de Rose', and 'Esprit de . . .', &c. On a plain table beside the maid (right) are an open box labelled 'Ross's Elastic Wigs' [cf. No. 11597], a bottle of 'Huile Antique', two small combs, and a tiny hair-brush. The doors of the book-case are open showing volumes inscribed 'Tales of Wonder' [see No. 9932], 'Fashionable . . . Me . . .', 'Faublais' [two], 'Uncle Thoma[s]', 'Rosa Matilda'. The picture on the wall is 'Noon', a lady walking with an open parasol. In the foreground are an open coffer with a garment hanging from it, the lap-dog sleeping on a stool, an open music-book, 'Opera Dances', with pan-pipes. On a chair are a cloak and large cylindrical bonnet. Another table stands against the wall, heavy and ornate, supported on pilasters like a chimney-piece. On it is a different vase of flowers from that in No. 11608."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Progress of the toilet : the wig
- Description:
- Title etched below image, following series title and preceding plate number. and Second of three prints in a series entitled: Progress of the toilet.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd February 26th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wig [graphic]
