British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 93
n use by the middle and lower orders. The same disinclination on the part of the ladies to showthe hair was still manifested during this period, and practi-cally in no illuminations is it apparent. A curious exceptionto this unwritten law is that of the Queens. On effigies ofthis and subsequent… … 52 BRITISH COSTUME fashion was represented upon their effigies; it is also naturalto assume that queens were above suspicion. The practice,however, has led to much misconception, and persons notrepresenting royalty have appeared on the stage and else-where, in costume of theperiod with flowing…
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