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| Keywords: Leaving off powder, - or - a frugal family saving the guinea by James Gillray.jpg Leaving off powder - or - a frugal family saving the guinea by James Gillray died 1815 published 1795 See source website for additional information Leaving Off Powder or A Frugal Family Saving the Guinea March 10th 1795 caricature by James Gillray on the results of the new tax on hair-powder The mother is trying on a new unpowdered wig the daughter is disconsolately surveying in a mirror the effect of her new unpowdered hair style the father is standing with his back to the fire in an unpowdered wig and reading a <cite>Gazette</cite> -- the first page of which says New Taxes and the second page Bankruptcies -- and the extremely dandified son isn't wearing a wig at all The very powdered Charles II looks down from the wall This set of images was gathered by User Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery London website using a special tool All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG D12521 1795 Creator James Gillray PD-old-100 National Portrait Gallery London James Gillray 18th-century caricatures 1795 18th-century hair fashion wigs in art Barbers in art | ||||
