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A lady retiring to bed, and ordering her maid to look after her artificial aids to beauty (wig, teeth, glass eye etc.). Coloured etching by P. Roberts after G.M Woodward.

Richard Pulteney. Stipple engraving by Piercy Roberts, 1805, after T. Beach.

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Roberts, Piercy, active 1795-1824.

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Images by Roberts, Piercy, active 1795-1824.

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A lady retiring to bed, and ordering her maid to look after her artificial aids to beauty (wig, teeth, glass eye etc.). Coloured etching by P. Roberts after G.M Woodward.

Richard Pulteney. Stipple engraving by Piercy Roberts, 1805, after T. Beach.