Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Progress of the Toilet - the Wig, Gillray: 1802
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The woman dressing and overly concerned with the "Progress of the Toilet
- The Wig" weighs the advantages of the wig vs a novel: "Delphine",
by Madame De Staël. The woman's other cultural accomplishments:
singing and dancing replaced by "Opera Dances", jewelry, cosmetics,
coursets, self-centered narcissisism. The woman prefers to be coarse and
common: an asset in her future husband's harem.
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