Getting a Hairdo

All Resolutions

768 px - 864 px - 1200 px - 1600 px - Raw Scan - Edit Image

Getting a Hairdo — He takes his brushes and starts polishing [Pierrot's] sinciput.

Artist

Name:: Chéret, Jules
Dates:: 1836-1932
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Humor
Technique:: Lithograph
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Pierrot sceptique
Author(s):: Hennique, Léon, Huysmans, Joris-Karl
Publisher:: Paris: Édouard Rouveyre, 1881
Open Library:: View
Open Library:: View record.

Description

Pierrot has a hairdresser polishing his skull with a large brush and doesn’t seem to enjoy it.
The caption reads in the original French: Il prend ses brosses et se met à lui cirer le sinciput.

Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, Pierrot

Download json record