There was a Horse-man had a Cap on with a False Head of Hair tack'd to it. There comes a Puff of Wind, and blows off Cap and Wig together. The People made sport, he saw, with his bald Crown, and so very fairly he put in with them to laugh for Company. Why Gentlemen (says he) would you have me keep other Peoples Hair better than I did my own.
Many a Man would be extreamly Ridiculous, if he did not spoil the Jest by playing upon himself first.Source:
L'Estrange 228.
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SLIDESHOW of all the Brant images. The bald man looks very sad in this image; I guess it took him a few moments to think up his witty response!
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