Michel Vincent Brandoin (1733-1807)
The Hairdresser c.1771
Pen and ink and watercolour | 22.1 x 18.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 913258
Michel Vincent Brandoin (1733-1807)
The Hairdresser c.1771
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A caricature showing a lady having her towering hairstyle dressed by a hairdresser on a ladder. Over the course of the 1760s women's hairstyles started to rise in both Britain and France, with the hair assembled into a bun on the top of the head and height introduced over the forehead. The height and complexity would increase during the 1770s, peaking around the middle of the decade.
A similar subject to Matthew Darly's 'Ridiculous Taste' of 15 July 1771.
Text adapted from Style and Society: Dressing the Georgians, 2023. -
Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour
Measurements
22.1 x 18.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 13258
