"Lettered with title and four lines of verse in four columns beginning 'Vive la faribole, Parir en est l'école', and with a refrain after every two verses: "Changez moi cette tête, tête d'ancien gout". On the wall within the scene are two posters, both lettered "Avis au public, têtes à changer"--British Museum online catalog.
According to the curatorial remarks in the British Museum online catalog (no. 1998,0712.46), the imprint attributing the print to London print publisher H. Humphrey, along with the date, are fictitious, and probably serve as evidence that the print is a piracy issued by an unidentifed French printseller.
Another print after this design was executed in aquatint and issued without date or imprint; an original drawing of the design, attributed to Pierre Charles Duvivier, was sold at auction on January 26, 2011 (Sotheby's New York: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 [Lot 00645]).
Depicts the interior of a crowded shop, with shelves of elaborately-coiffed human heads. A sword lies on the floor, evidently having been employed to behead a lady who stands having her new head put in place by a shop assistant. Next to her is another lady having her head struck off by a man wielding mallet and chisel. On the far right a tall lady appears to be shopping for false bosoms and derrières. The doors to the shop bear signs "Avis au public: Têtes a changer." With 18 lines of French verse below design.