Perruquier-Barbier, Barbe et Frisures.

Date1771

Engraver Robert Bénard 1734 - 1777

Publisher Denis Diderot 1713-1784

Publisher Jean le Rond d'Alembert 1717 - 1783

OriginEurope, France, Paris

MediumLine engraving on laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 11 × 8 5/8in. (27.9 × 21.9cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-464

DescriptionUpper right reads: "Pl. 2."
Lower margin reads: "Benard dirext./ Perruquier-Barbier, Barbe et Frisures."Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on wigmaking found in "Recueil de Planches, vol. VIII." Illustrations of various utensils used by barber and wigmaker: razor, razor case, combs, curling irons, scissors, brushes, etc.ProvenanceBefore 1954, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1954-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).