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Creator:
Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)
Title(s):
Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47, Fenchurch St. , in Section 18, no. 245, of the Exhibition Building, Hyde Park.
Published/Created:
London : Vaterlow & Sons, Printers, London Wall, 1851.
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 19 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
TT975 .B76 1851 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraving of the Crystal Palace of the Exhibition Building at top of advertisement.
"This bill was printed in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park."
"F. Browne's infallible mode of measuring the head."
Subject Terms:
Advertising -- England -- London -- 19th century.
Advertising fliers -- England -- London.
Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
Hairdressing.
Hairstyles -- History.
Vaterlow & Sons -- Printer.
Wigs -- Design and construction.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1851.
Advertisements.
Ephemera.
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  • A dark head dress for a Lady
  • A light head dress for a Lady
  • Auburn crop head dress
  • A peruke
  • A Lady's crop head dress
  • A youth's peruke
  • A grey peruke for an elderly person.

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