Wigmaker Collection

The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, pub. 1803 (hand coloured engraving)
3025917 The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, pub. 1803 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Robert Hazlehurst 1782 (Oil on canvas)
8766673 Portrait of Robert Hazlehurst 1782 (Oil on canvas) by Peale, Charles Willson (1741-1827); 74.3x62.9 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Frederick the Great and Voltaire in conversation, unknown (engraving)
7273678 Frederick the Great and Voltaire in conversation, unknown (engraving); 13.2x13.2 cm; JMK Archiv, Bremen, Germany; (add.info)

"Briefless" (engraving)
8634790 "Briefless" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Briefless". Illustration for The Family Friend, 1873.); © Look and Learn

Beauty products on a Valentine's Day card (chromolitho)
8635594 Beauty products on a Valentine's Day card (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beauty products on a Valentine's Day card)

Do You Know: What is the origin of wig and gown? (colour litho)
8668140 Do You Know: What is the origin of wig and gown? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: What is the origin of wig and gown)

The Case of Louis and Harriet Staunton (b/w photo)
8675701 The Case of Louis and Harriet Staunton (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Case of Louis and Harriet Staunton)

Wonders have not ceased (engraving)
8677190 Wonders have not ceased (engraving) by English School, (18th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wonders have not ceased)

The Baccarat Trial (engraving)
8631287 The Baccarat Trial (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Baccarat Trial. Illustration from Black and White)

Louis XIV, King of France (coloured engraving)
8672819 Louis XIV, King of France (coloured engraving) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louis XIV, King of France: the great king polishing his Sun)

Sit, Sow, Spy, Sun, Tag, Tea, Tie, Toe, Top, Tub, Urn, Wig (engraving)
8649983 Sit, Sow, Spy, Sun, Tag, Tea, Tie, Toe, Top, Tub, Urn, Wig (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sit, Sow, Spy, Sun, Tag, Tea, Tie, Toe, Top)

Happy Families, c 1920: Mrs Blonde the Barber's Wife (colour litho)
8628274 Happy Families, c 1920: Mrs Blonde the Barber's Wife (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mrs Blonde the Barber's Wife)

School boy facing discipline from his teacher (engraving)
8634805 School boy facing discipline from his teacher (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: School boy facing discipline from his teacher)

Rufus Isaacs, English politician and judge (litho)
8673261 Rufus Isaacs, English politician and judge (litho) by Halkett, George R. (1865-1918); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, (1860-1935)

Samuel Warren, English politician (engraving)
8676726 Samuel Warren, English politician (engraving) by Watkins, John (fl.1840-75) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Samuel Warren (1807-1877), British lawyer and politician, MP for Midhurst

Portrait of a Man, c.1730 (oil on canvas)
XOS5881967 Portrait of a Man, c.1730 (oil on canvas) by English School, (18th century); 94x81.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: English, 18th century)

Alexander Souvorov, 1869 (engraving)
7141242 Alexander Souvorov, 1869 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1730-1800, Alexander Souvorov, great russian general, fight Napoleon the first at the Novi battle)

The Officers Mess, a cartoon showing Navy officers gathered together drinking wine
MMM5482767 The Officers Mess, a cartoon showing Navy officers gathered together drinking wine. Drawing by Edward Pelham Brenton (1774-1839), colored in watercolor, 18th century

Portrait of Sir Edward Hawke
MMM5481752 Portrait of Sir Edward Hawke by McArdell, James (c.1729-65); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Portrait of Sir Edward Hawke (1705-1781), Knight of the Order of the Bath

Captain George Graham (1715-1747), in the cabin of his ship Nottingham, painting commemorating his victory off
MMM5463033 Captain George Graham (1715-1747), in the cabin of his ship Nottingham, painting commemorating his victory off the coast of Ostend (Belgium), in June 1745

Portrait of Daniel Defoe
2602257 Portrait of Daniel Defoe; (add.info.: Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731) born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy

A poverty stricken woman selling her hair to a wig maker for a few pence, 1850
3478380 A poverty stricken woman selling her hair to a wig maker for a few pence, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a poverty stricken woman selling her hair to a wig maker for a few pence)

Domenico Maria de Mari as Doge, 1707-09 (oil on canvas)
8678359 Domenico Maria de Mari as Doge, 1707-09 (oil on canvas) by Parodi, Domenico (1672-1742); 220x160 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Domenico Parodi); Luisa Ricciarini

The Bat women's headdress (litho)
8677454 The Bat women's headdress (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bat women's headdress)

Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian opera singer and actor (b/w photo)
8672197 Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian opera singer and actor (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salvatore Baccaloni (1900-1969)

Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, Regent of France (engraving)
8672828 Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, Regent of France (engraving) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Philippe II, Duke of Orleans)

Charles III (1716-1788) king of Spain (engraving)
1760507 Charles III (1716-1788) king of Spain (engraving); (add.info.: Charles III (1716-1788) king of Spain in 1759-1788, engraving); Photo: Tallandier

Gasparo Gozzi, Venetian critic and dramatist (engraving)
8626287 Gasparo Gozzi, Venetian critic and dramatist (engraving) by Bartolozzi, Francesco (1727-1815) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gasparo Gozzi (1713-1786)

US President Woodrow Wilson welcomed on his arrival in Dover, 1918 (b/w photo)
8626480 US President Woodrow Wilson welcomed on his arrival in Dover, 1918 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Archibald Bodkin)

Bedroom scene (colour litho)
8656628 Bedroom scene (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bedroom scene. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Medal commemorating the pirate Claus Stortzenbecher and Admiral J Bart, 1701 (medal)
7339287 Medal commemorating the pirate Claus Stortzenbecher and Admiral J Bart, 1701 (medal) by German School, (18th century); 20.3x14 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Sir Anthony Deane (circa 1638-1721), late 17th to early 18th century (oil on canvas)
7337880 Sir Anthony Deane (circa 1638-1721), late 17th to early 18th century (oil on canvas) by Greenhill, John (1642/9-76); 71.5x57.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

There was an Old Person of Brigg, who purchased no end of a Wig (coloured engraving)
8634400 There was an Old Person of Brigg, who purchased no end of a Wig (coloured engraving) by Lear, Edward (1812-88) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: There was an Old Person of Brigg)

Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna, 1738-40 (oil on canvas)
XOS5877244 Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna, 1738-40 (oil on canvas) by Aved, Jacques Andre Joseph Camelot (1702-66); 153.5x121.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art

Women's headdress from the time of Louis XV and Louis XVI (litho)
8677409 Women's headdress from the time of Louis XV and Louis XVI (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Peruckenmacher / Wigs Maker (colour litho)
8666206 Peruckenmacher / Wigs Maker (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peruckenmacher)

Portrait of a young boy, 18th century (oil on canvas)
8698252 Portrait of a young boy, 18th century (oil on canvas) by Perronneau, Jean-Baptiste (1715-83) (attr. to); 60.2 x 50 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Daniel Defoe (print)
864210 Portrait of Daniel Defoe (print); (add.info.: Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731) English author, satirist and adventurer. Remembered now for his novels "Robinson Crusoe" (1719)

A Philosopher, 1882 (oil on panel)
XOS5885356 A Philosopher, 1882 (oil on panel) by Gay, Walter (1856-1937); 38x27.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Walter Gay)

Charles Marie de La Condamine, 1867 (engraving)
7355533 Charles Marie de La Condamine, 1867 (engraving) by Thomas, Emile (1817-82); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1701-1774, Charles Marie de La Condamine, french scientist)

William Hunter, British anatomist and obstetrician, c 1750 (oil painting)
UIG5072440 William Hunter, British anatomist and obstetrician, c 1750 (oil painting) by Unknown artist, (18th century); # cm; (add.info.: William Hunter, British anatomist and obstetrician, c 1750)

Crouching Scribe, 5th Dynasty (sculpture)
8585792 Crouching Scribe, 5th Dynasty (sculpture) by Egyptian 5th Dynasty (c.2494-2345 BC); Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt; (add.info.: Crouching scribe (H 0.51cm), found in Saqqara in 1893

Louis XVI, in coronation costume, 1779 (Oil on Canvas)
7422971 Louis XVI, in coronation costume, 1779 (Oil on Canvas) by Callet, Antoine Francois (1741-1823); Musee et Domaine National de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles

Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau, 1867 (engraving)
7355528 Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau, 1867 (engraving) by Thomas, Emile (1817-82); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1737-1816, Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau)

Carved stone stele, Kom Ombo Temple
8588209 Carved stone stele, Kom Ombo Temple by Egyptian; Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, Kom Ombo, Egypt; (add.info.: Egypt)

Statue of the Ka of Pharaoh Hor, 13th dynasty (sculpture)
8585850 Statue of the Ka of Pharaoh Hor, 13th dynasty (sculpture) by Egyptian 13th Dynasty (c.1795-1700 BC); Egyptian National Museum, Cairo

Crouching Scribe, 5th Dynasty (sculpture)
8585783 Crouching Scribe, 5th Dynasty (sculpture) by Egyptian 5th Dynasty (c.2494-2345 BC); Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt; (add.info.: Crouching scribe (H 0.51cm), found in Saqqara in 1893

Joseph Francois, marquis de DUPLEIX (engraving)
7207666 Joseph Francois, marquis de DUPLEIX (engraving) by Sergent-Marceau, Antoine Louis Francois (1751-1847) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph, Francois, marquis de DUPLEIX)

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Step into the fascinating world of a wigmaker, where history and art intertwine. From the King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver to Marie-Antoinette with a Rose, this profession has left its mark on various masterpieces throughout time. In 1803, an enchanting hand-coloured engraving depicted The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, showcasing the intricate wigs that were meticulously crafted by skilled wigmakers. Fast forward to 1906, when a chromolithograph captured the elegance of Marie-Antoinette with a Rose. Her elaborate hairstyle was undoubtedly created by the hands of a talented wigmaker who understood how to enhance her beauty through their artistry. The legacy continues as we delve into another portrait from centuries ago - Queen Marie Antoinette herself. This print immortalizes her regal presence, complete with an exquisite wig that adds grandeur to her appearance. Immanuel Kant's miniature painting reveals not only his philosophical brilliance but also his impeccable taste in hairstyles. A wigmaker surely played a role in ensuring he looked distinguished while pondering life's deepest questions. Moliere Reading Tartuffe at the home of Ninon de Lenclos transports us back to 1802 when this oil on canvas masterpiece was created. Amongst those gathered is likely a wigmaker who contributed to each character's unique look, adding depth and authenticity to Moliere's iconic play. John Joseph Merlin comes alive in an oil on canvas portrait from 1781. His powdered wig showcases both fashion trends and craftsmanship prevalent during that era – testament to the skillful hands behind it all: the wigmakers. William Jones' captivating gaze captivates viewers in his 1740 oil on canvas portrait. Behind him lies yet another stunning creation - his intricately styled wig which further enhances his allure.