The patent wigg / Wetherall.

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The patent wigg / Wetherall.
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6 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches
Peel 3422
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[London] : Pub Augt 1. 1793 by S. Fores No 3 Picadilly, [1793]
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"The interior of a barber's shop. Fox, with a bald head, stands looking towards the barber (left), who holds up a plain wig with a single curl at the back, saying: "No fit you Zir, perhaps you got de Paine in you Head, make you tink so, dis Vigg vill fit any Loyal subject give but an Eye to it sir as I hold it -" Behind him, looking through the door and on the extreme right, is Burke wearing a neat wig. Fox is out at elbows and wears an apron. A dog tugs at his shoe. Above the barber's head is a shelf for wig-boxes inscribed 'By the King's Patent'. Wigs and tresses of hair hang in a curved shop-window behind Fox with inscriptions (reversed) in three panes: 'Essence of Lemon', 'A Separate appartment to dress in', 'Violet Soap'. On the left is a row of wig-blocks: busts with heads (some caricatured); a lady and three men."--British Museum catalog.

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