Monsieur Leonard, Leonard-Alexis Autié, hairdresser and wigmaker to Marie Antoinette. Costume of a hairdresser, France, 18th century. Gentleman in powdered wig with pigtail, green coat with scissors in the pockets, striped waistcoat, using a powder puff on a wig. L'Academicien de Coiffure et de Modes. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Theophile Fragonard, within a decorative cartouche by Pierre-Nicolas-Frederic Grenan, from Augustin Challamel's Autrefois ou Le Bon Vieux Temps, Types de 18e Siecle, Challamel et Cie, 1842.

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