Wigs Collection (page 2)

Vesta Tilley in her wig
Miss Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall entertainer and variety artiste, best known for her male impersonations

Powdering a Wig C18
A French coiffeur powders his customers new wig. The customer is wearing a protective mask with eye holes cut out !

Advert for International Hair Co. 1912
Latest transformation in wiglets for women. 1912

Advert for Jourliac hairpieces 1912
Latest fashion in hairpieces. 1912

Advert for Unwin & Albert fringes 1898
Made of natural curling and waving hair, not affected by the sea air! 1898

Advert for Noirat hairpieces 1909
Advertisement for Noirat hairpieces, showing women with increased volume on top to support their enormous hats. 1909

Advert for Marius Heng, hair and beauty 1912
Advert for Marius Heng, lighter wigs with accessories. 1912

Advert for Marius Heng, hairpieces 1906
Advert for Marius Heng, elegant hairstyles using hairpieces for women. 1906

Advert for Noirat, hairpieces 1910
Advert for Noirat, pre-made fashionable wiglets for evening dress, an exhibition in Brussels, Noirat, won a prize for its hairpieces. 1910

Advert for Noirat, hair and beauty 1912
Advertisement for Noirat, showing women with increased visual width at the back of the head using wavy wigs, also wearing discrete headbands with feather and combs. 1912

Children in Georgian dress. circa 1957

London Trade Card - Thomas Gibbons, Wig Maker
London Trade Card - Thomas Gibbons, Peruke (Wig) Maker, at the Blue and White Peruke, Rosemary Lane, wholesale and retail. 18th century

Advert for William Cuverville wigs & decorative bands 1912
Advertisement for William Cuverville, womens wavy hairpieces and decorative bands with feathers. Photograph of women making wiglets, with male supervisors looking over them. 1912

Advert for Noirat, hairpieces 1912
Advertisement for Noirat, wavy hairpieces for women with elegant ornamented bands and hair combs. 1912

Advert for B Henry hairpieces 1908
Pre-made small wiglets, curls and false buns to be incorporated into the womens hairstyles. 1908

Advert for Thierry Schram, hairpiece 1910
Flexible coiffure hairpiece with a twisted extension or wiglet available from Thierry Schram. 1910

Cartoon, The Undertakers Arms (after Hogarth), Endum Non Mendum, depicting the imagined demise of the House of Lords. A Bill had been put forward to abolish the Upper House, but was not successful

Entertainment on cruise liner, Empress of Australia
Entertainment on the Canadian Pacific cruise liner, Empress of Australia, with people in fancy dress costume. Date: 1929

Dance Band on cruise liner, Empress of Australia
Dance Band members on the Canadian Pacific cruise liner, Empress of Australia. They are wearing fancy dress, as part of the High Jinks tradition performed when crossing the Equator. Date: 1929

The Musical group by Hogarth
A Chorus of singers Date: 1732

The House of Commons in Walpoles Administration - with Arthur Onslow in the Speakers Chair and Sir Robert Walpole on the left

Advert for International Hair Co. 1913
Latest transformation in wiglets for women. 1913

German Officials 1670
German professionals (possibly legal dress): full-bottomed wigs, hats with cocked brims, coats with deep turned back cuffs like boot-cuffs, cloaks. Date: 1670

Bankruptcy Court 1907
Proceedings in the bankruptcy court. Date: 1907

Trade catalogue of hairpieces 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a collection of Edwardian wiglets. Date: 1911

Englishman of 1685
The body-coat has now become the universal fashion, as have the wide knee-breeches : wigs are universally worn by men with any pretensions to being in the swim Date: circa 1685

Advertisement, W Clarkson Wig Manufacturer
Advertisement, W Clarkson, Theatrical, Court and Private Wig Manufacturer, Wellington Street, Strand, London. 1883

Advert for Marius Heng, hairpieces 1910
Advert for Marius Heng, elegant hairstyles using hairpieces for women. Date: 1910

Advert for B Henry hairpieces 1910
Advertisement for extensions. 1910

Tatler front cover - a valentine for debutantes 1965
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model wearing a face framing heart shaped wig from Rose Evansky. Date: 1965

Willy Clarkson
William Berry " Willy" Clarkson (1861 - 12 October 1934), theatrical costume designer and wigmaker. Date: 1929

Regency doctors in wigs and frock coats consult with a nurse.. Handcolored copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Ansteys The New Bath Guide, John Browne, Bath, 1807

Lord Charles Darling - High Court Judge
Lord Charles Darling (18491936) - English lawyer, politician and later a High Court judge. Date: 1926

Fashions for 1788 featuring two ladies wearing ridiculously overblown clothing, with huge fringed, feathered and bowed hats and long, elaborate wigs. Date: 1788

Fashions of 1773
A satire on dandyish fashions of 1773. A Macaroni gentleman wearing a ridiculously long wig in which the hair is tied in a bundle down his back

The school of coquetry
Flirtatious woman pulls up her stockings, while the man peeks through his hand. Date: 18th Century

Flirtatious young woman in fancy dress with admirer
Flirtatious young woman in rococo fancy dress clothing, with an admirer faun trying to get close to her. Date: 1928

Sorting Hair 1930S
A young woman sorting and packing hair, perhaps for wigs or even bedding. Date: early 1930s

Curling Hair Extensions
Girls wetting lengths of hair to curl them into hair extensions or to made into wigs. Date: early 1930s

The State Opening of the Great British Parliament - House of Lords, Houses of Parliament, London, England Date: circa 1959

The patriotick barber of New York, or the Captain in the suds. Cartoon shows a New York barber refusing to finish shaving a customer after learning of his British identity. Date 1775 Feb. 14

Wigmaker making a wig for the legal profession - Temple, London. Date: 1910

Gentleman kissing the hand of a lady
An beautiful cover design showing a gentleman stooping to kiss the hand of a lady. Both wear impressive wigs, and are surrounded by an intricate patterned border in red, gold and black. 1925

Pram Race contestants, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
As part of the week-long fun and games organised for the Walton-on-the-Naze Carnival, these young men were pictured at the start of the annual pram race

Southend - Fancy Dress Photographic Studio
You could visit a fancy dress photographic studio and have your picture taken in a variety of mixed garb - here a group of spirited young ladies have donned naval attire for their group snap

Revelations on Honeymoon
Revelations - 1st Chapter A hilarious postcard showing a couple on their honeymoon, revealing to each other (for seemingly yht efirst time!) their physical shortcomings

French Marshal / Subaltern
French Marshal and Subaltern 1704 - 1730

Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 October
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

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