Gallery›Wellcome Collection›In a crowded salon, a wigmaker fits wigs according to occupation; satirizing the character stereotyping of Gall's phrenology. Coloured etching by J.E. Marcus after J. Smies, c. 1810.
In a crowded salon, a wigmaker fits wigs according to occupation; satirizing the character stereotyping of Gall's phrenology. Coloured etching by J.E. Marcus after J. Smies, c. 1810.
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In a crowded salon, a wigmaker fits wigs according to occupation; satirizing the character stereotyping of Gall's phrenology. Coloured etching by J.E. Marcus after J. Smies, c. 1810.

Jacob Smies

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