Style of hair, usually on the human scalp

Ailing soldiers queuing up to see the doctor in a military surgery. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux after himself.

Hairstyles through history. 12, French lady 1832.

Zululand: a married Zulu woman with a pyramidal hairdressing. Photograph.

Hairstyles through history. 3, Persia king.

A hairdresser holding a bust of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle. Coloured engraving by A. Joly, ca. 1813.

A woman wearing an extraordinarily high wig decorated with beads and lace, discusses her head-dress while taking tea with a man sitting opposite who wears a legal tie wig, gown and bands; on the wall is a framed picture of two monkeys sitting at a table drinking tea. Mezzotint, 1772.

The heads and shoulders of five women with their hair combed back and dressed with chignons; the lower two also wear flowers and ribbons. Coloured line block, 1876.

Hairstyles through history. 7, Arabia, Caliph, 9th century.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a three-quarter view of the Chapel looking west, with people in the foreground. Aquatint by T. Malton, 1799.

A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.

Hairstyles through history. 9, Renaissance, Elizabethan lady.

Hairstyles through history. 2, Babylonia princess.

1 folded sheet (4 pages) : colour ; 24 x 36 cm folded to 24 x 18 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 26.2 x 17.8 cm

Hairstyles through history. 11, 18th Century, clansman and redcoat.

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 14.5 x 10 cm

1 print : wood engraving ; image 16.4 x 11.3 cm

A travelling chiropodist tending to a male patient's foot, Beijing. Wood engraving by T.H. Hildibrand after E. Ronjat after J. Thomson.

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Hairstyles

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Hairstyles through history. 12, French lady 1832.

A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.

Hairstyles through history. 11, 18th Century, clansman and redcoat.

Zululand: a married Zulu woman with a pyramidal hairdressing. Photograph.

A travelling chiropodist tending to a male patient's foot, Beijing. Wood engraving by T.H. Hildibrand after E. Ronjat after J. Thomson.

Hairstyles

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hairstyles

Works from the collections

Hairstyles through history. 12, French lady 1832.

A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.

Hairstyles through history. 11, 18th Century, clansman and redcoat.

Zululand: a married Zulu woman with a pyramidal hairdressing. Photograph.

A travelling chiropodist tending to a male patient's foot, Beijing. Wood engraving by T.H. Hildibrand after E. Ronjat after J. Thomson.

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