Woman doing her hair and make-up in ancient Rome. One slave fixes pearls to her mitra (headband), while another holds a mirror. She sits in a sleeveless tunic and slippers at a dressing table with water pitcher, a palla (cloak) on her chair with footrest. Toilette des Dames Romaines. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his L’antique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796.

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