A man asleep in a chair, having his hair or wig powdered by a male hair-dresser; a woman sits next to him and a French cook reads to him from a list; in the background a courier is stealing something from a writing desk. Engraving by J. Goldar, 1771, after Pugh.

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A man asleep in a chair, having his hair or wig powdered by a male hair-dresser; a woman sits next to him and a French cook reads to him from a list; in the background a courier is stealing something from a writing desk. Engraving by J. Goldar, 1771, after Pugh.