Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 416
fident, verydevoted to wig-wear-ing. The largest wigthat I recall uponany colonists head is in the portrait of GovernorFitz-John Winthrop. He is painted in armor; anda great wig never seems so absurd as when wornwith armor. Horace Walpole said, Perukes of out-rageous length flowing over suits of… … Abraham De Peyster. 32! Two Centuries of Costume Parliamentary army with General Monck; returnedto New England in 1663, and was commander of theNew England forces. He spent 1693 to 1697 inEngland as commissioner. Sir Peter Lely and Sir Godfrey Kneller bothwere painting in Eng-land in those years,…
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