British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 448
f 20s. for a periwig for the Kings fool, andthey were common at the time of Elizabeth. Hall in hisSatires, 1598, mentions a courtier as losing his periwinke ina gust of wind; and in 1607, in Cupids Whirligig, a gentle-man is mentioned as having his wig in pawn. A specimenof one worn by an officer… … 294 BRITISH COSTUME the shade, and it was correct form for a man to be seencombing his wig in public while walking in the Mall or atthe theatre. This act of gallantry was performed withcombs of a very large size, which were carried in thepockets as constantly as the snuff-box. Pictures exist…
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