Part 2

TAXING THE BEARD 56

POWDERING THE HAIR 59

THE AGE OF WIGS 71

STEALING WIGS 93

THE WIG-MAKERS' RIOT 95

THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT 96

INDEX 117

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE The House of Commons in the time of Sir Robert Walpole. Wigs in Parliament Frontispiece

The Barber's Shop, from "Orbis Pictus" 3

A Barber's Shop in the time of Queen Elizabeth 10

William Shakespeare (the Stratford Portrait) 15

Henry VIII. receiving the Barber-Surgeons 29

Bayeux Tapestry 34

John Knox, born 1505, died 1572 37

John Taylor, the Water Poet, born 1580, died 1654 38

The Lord Mayor of York escorting Princess Margaret through York in 1503. Shows the Beard of the Lord Mayor 39

Beards in the Olden Time 42

The Gunpowder Conspirators, from a print published immediately after the discovery. Shows the Beards in Fashion in 1605 45

Geoffrey Chaucer, born about 1340, died 1400 52

Russian Beard Token, A.D. 1705 58

Egyptian Wig (probably for female), from the British Museum 72

The Earl of Albemarle 78

Man with Wig and Muff, 1693 (from a print of the period) 80

Campaign Wig 81

Periwig with Tail 82

Ramillie Wig 83

Pig-tail Wig 84