British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 473
fact thatthe battle of Ramilies was fought in 1706. No. 3 showsus a plainer and more decisively cocked hat in fashion in1745, together with a bagwig below it. No. 4 is not cockedin any way; a broad band of twisted black cloth surroundsit, fastened by a bow at the side. It is represented byHogarth… … Fig. 409. GEORGE I. AND GEORGE II 315 Mohocks, Bloods, &c, indigenous to that period. Theparticular cock to this hat generally indicated the dis-position of the man who wore it. In 1753, the transforma-tion of a country bumpkin into a full-blown blood is thusdescribed: I cut off my hair and…
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