A lady seated at a dressing-table in profile to the left. A hairdresser, fashionably dressed, stands (right) on a stool arranging the tall ostrich feathers in her hair, which is an enormous inverted pyramid decorated with feathers, lace, fruit, and carrots. A lady's maid, elaborately dressed, with her hair in the fashionable pyramid, stands by the table (left) facing her mistress and holding out a basket full of apples, carrots, &amp;c. Feathers and circular toilet-boxes for cosmetics lie on the dressing-table.
<p><br>The looking-glass and dressing-table are draped. The wall which forms a background is ornamented with mouldings. Two half length portraits hang on the wall. A carpet with a large arabesque pattern covers the floor.  20 March 1776
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<br>Engraving with hand-colouring
1776<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1776-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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