Wigs Collection (page 3)

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

Stolen Sweets by Webster Murray
A romantic balcony scene showing an 18th century gentleman in wig and frock coat gazing into the eyes of a young lady who leans down towards him from her balcony

Joanna Southcotts pregnancy with Shiloh
Colour illustration/cartoon, " A medical inspection, or miracles will never cease" by Thomas Tegg concerning Joanna Southcotts pregnancy with Shiloh, 8 September 1814. HPG/8/2/1 i)"

A pause in the dance by Florence Hardy
Two children dressed in 18th century costume stop for a breather during a dance

The Gavotte by Florence Hardy
Two children, dressed in 18th century costume, the boy in a wig and frock coat dance a gavotte together

The Minuet by Florence Hardy
Two children in 18th century costume, the boy wearing a wig and frock coat, dance an elegant minuet together

Children with flowers
Six children, standing in couples look as if they are ready for a spring celebration or perhaps a wedding. Dressed in 18th century costume

Chrysanthemum show
Lawyers and smartly dressed families admire a flower display at the chrysanthemum show in Middle Temple Gardens, London

Lear / Nonsense / Cheadle
There was an Old Person of Cheadle, who was put in the stocks by the beadle; For stealing some pigs, some coats, and some wigs, that horrible person of Cheadle

The Pleasures of Yachting; a yacht on a windy day, 1856
Engraving entitled The Pleasures of Yachting, showing the passengers on a sailing yacht encountering a strong wind. Hats, wigs

No Guinea Pigs / The Town before you, or welch wigs, or whimsicalities, or how to save the tax on Hair Powder

Billiards / Bunbury
A game of Billiards

Social / Russia / Wig Ball
Society Ball of Colour Wigs, given by Countess Shuvalova

Coloured Wigs 1914
Coloured wigs donned by society ladies for the Duchesse d Uzes fete include green, turqoise, orange, lilac, purple, blue & red

Toilet / Hair / False Hair
Satire on the latest hair fashions - a monkey steals a ladys wig

Barber, Shave a Pig
Barber, barber, shave a pig, how many hairs will make a wig? Four and twenty, thats enough, give the barber a pinch of snuff

Disraeli / First Speech
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Conservative MP, making his first speech in Parliament in 1837

Costume / 1667 Aristocracy
A 17th century aristocratic couple, both dressed for a special night out, with all the trimmings

Procession of Judges
Procession of judges at Westminster Abbey, a custom before the opening of the Law Courts

Hogarth / Physicians
The Company of Undertakers

Protestant / Bishops Walk
The Bishops of Gloucester, Ely and Chester carry ceremonial objects: the Patina, Bible and Chalice as they walk down a flower strewn aisle for a Coronation ceremony

Extravagant Styles
Coiffeurs at work on an extravagant hair style : a contemporary satire on the fashionable excesses of the late 18th century

Courts / Queens Bench
The Court of the Queens Bench in session

Makeup / Beauty Spots 18C
Four elegant ladies with beauty spots and patches on their faces

Toilet / Hair / Macaroni
A rather shallow-looking and irritating young man, known as a " Macaroni" smirking and supressing a giggle and wearing rather a large wig

Warren Hastings
WARREN HASTINGS English colonial administrator in India impeached in 1788 for corruption stands before the Court of Peers in Westminster Hall. A lady spectator faints!

Costume / Wigs
A servant holds Madams wig aloft with the help of a special stick

Toilet / Hair / Styles
Hair dressing; the old and new styles

Gregory Griggs & Wigs
Gregory Griggs had twenty seven different wigs, he wore them up and and he wore them down, to please the people of London town

Long Wigs of C17 Satire
Satire on the long wigs fashionable in the late 17th century, in which the caption suggests that a man wearing such a wig is nothing more than a poodle powdered

Scott / Rob Roy Intervenes
Rob Roy intervenes between Rashleigh and Francis Osbaldstone

Casanova meeting the Duchess of Northumberland
Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) is introduced to the Duchess of Northumberland by Lady Harrington

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