Gallery›Wellcome Collection›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.
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.

Herbert Pugh · 1771

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Lettering: Done from an original picture in the collection of the right hon.ble the Earl of Granard to whom this plate is most humbly dedicated by his lordships most obedient hum.ble servt. ; Pugh pinxt. ; I. Wesson excudt. ; I. Goldar sculpt.

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