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Beauty operators

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  • The heads and shoulders of five male hair-dressers. Coloured lithograph by Jules Platier, 1840.
  • A hairdresser holding a bust of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle. Coloured engraving by A. Joly, ca. 1813.
  • A hairdresser is using curling papers to curl a woman's hair. Coloured lithograph after L. Boilly.
  • A woman having her hair dressed by a male hairdresser who is assisted by a black servant-boy. Coloured lithograph by G. Charton.
  • Ferdinand Bartz and an assistant making wigs in Unter den Linden, Berlin; four busts on a pedestal. Engraving, 17--.
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    A woman having her hair dressed by a male hairdresser who is assisted by a black servant-boy. Coloured lithograph by G. Charton.

    | Reference: 31141i
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    A hairdresser holding a bust of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle. Coloured engraving by A. Joly, ca. 1813.

    Joly, Adrien Jean Baptiste Muffat, 1772-1839. | Date: [1813?] | Reference: 29551i
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    The heads and shoulders of five male hair-dressers. Coloured lithograph by Jules Platier, 1840.

    Platier, Jules. | Date: [1840] | Reference: 32407i
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    A female barber preparing to shave a man. Engraving after J. Lagniet, 16--.

    Lagniet, Jacques, 1600-1675. | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 30648i
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    A Yoruba female hairdresser dressing the hair of a woman. Halftone after A.W. Gelston.

    Gelston, A. W., Captain. | Date: [1905?] | Reference: 37331i
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