Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 414
dCharles soon found himselfdoing the first two. Pepyss Diary containsmuch interesting informationconcerning the wigs of thisreign. On 2d of November,1663, he writes: I heardthe Duke say that he wasgoing to wear a periwig, and says the King also will.I never till this day observed that the King is… … Mayor Rip Van Dam. 326 Two Centuries of Costume curled, and black. He was very dark. Oddsfish ! but Im an ugly black fellow ! he said ofhimself when he looked at his portrait. Loyalcolonists quickly followed royal example and com-plexion. We have very good specimens of this curlyblack wig in many…
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