Perruquier, Mesures de grands et petit Corps de Rangs et Tournans de Perruques de differentes formes
Date1771
Engraver
Robert Bénard
1734 - 1777
Publisher
Denis Diderot
1713-1784
Publisher
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
1717 - 1783
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 16 1/2in. (27.9 × 41.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-467
DescriptionUpper right reads: "Pl. 5." Lower margin reads: "Benard direxit./ Perruquier, Mesures de grands et petit Corps de Rangs et Tournans de Perruques de differentes formes./ 34."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. This print shows fourteen charts showing measurements for different types of perukes.
One of 14 plates 1954-463 to 1954-476.ProvenanceBefore 1954, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1954-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy (1746-1804)
after 1779
Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726)
June 1718
Joshua Fry (ca. 1700-1754) & Peter Jefferson (1708-1757)
1756
