Plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on wigmaking. Recueil de Planches, vol. VIII. This print shows drawings of the fronts and backs of 6 different wigs with detail drawings of curls, bows, etc.
Inscription:
Upper right corner: "Pl. 7"
Lower margin: "Perruquier Barbier, Perruques./ Benard direxit /36."
Stamp:
verso unknown stamp in blue approx. 29 X 6 m, with coat of arms of the city of Gdansk
