Man Using Sextant on Woman's Coiffure, 1771

Ridiculous Taste or the Ladies Absurdity': An 18th-century English engraving of a stylish woman having her exceptionally high wig dressed by a French hairdresser (on stepladder); the woman's husband, a naval officer, is holding a sextant to his eye to ascertain the altitude of the adornment. Print from 1771

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1700s 1770s 1771 Absurd Absurdity Amusing Coiffure Comical Criticism Eighteenth Enhancement Extreme Haircut Hairdo Hairdresser Humourous Joke Periwig Ridiculous Satiric Satirization Satirize Satirizing Sextant

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