See also:

• WIG (short for " periwig," an alternative form of " peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from Lat. pilus)

WIG (See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short for " periwig," an alternative See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " See also:

• PERUKE

peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from See also:

• LAT

Lat. pilus)  , an artificial See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, worn as a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal adornment, disguise or See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . The See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of wearing wigs is of See also:

• GREAT

great antiquity . If, as seems probable, the curious head-covering of a prehistoric See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory See also:

• CARVING

carving of a See also:

• FEMALE

female head found by M . Piette in the See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave of Brassempouy in the See also:

• LANDES

Landes represents a See also:

• WIG (short for " periwig," an alternative form of " peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from Lat. pilus)

wig (see See also:

• RAY (Lat. raia)
• RAY (or WRAY, as he wrote his name till 1670), JOHN (1628-1705)

Ray Lankester, See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science from an Easy See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

Chair, fig . 7) the See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion is certainly some roo,00c years old . In historic times, wigs were worn among the Egyptians as a royal and See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official head-See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, and specimens of these have been recovered from mummies . In See also:

• GREECE

Greece they were used by both men and See also:

• WOMEN

women, the most See also:

• COMMON

common name being artvixo or cl)evaxri, some-times 7rpox6µwv or x6aai lrpboOeroc . A reference in See also:

• XENOPHON

Xenophon (Cyr . I . 3 . 2) to the false hair worn by See also:

• CYRUS
• CYRUS (Gr. KDpos; Pers. Kuru-sh; Babyl. Kurash; Hebr. Koresh)

Cyrus's grandfather " as is customary among the See also:

• MEDEA (Gr. Mi/Seta)

Medea," and also a See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story in See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle (Oecon . 4 .

14), would suggest that wigs were introduced from See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, and were in use in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor . Another origin is suggested by See also:

• ATHENAEUS

Athenaeus (xii . 523), who says that the Iapygian immigrants into See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy from See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete were the first to See also:

• WEAR

wear apoxbpca 7reptesed, and the elaborately frizzled hair worn by some of the figures in the frescoes found at See also:

• CNOSSUS

Cnossus makes it probable that the wearing of artificial hair was known to the Cretans . See also:

• LUCIAN (d. 312)
• LUCIAN [Aowaavos] (c. A.D. 120-180)

Lucian, in the 2nd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, mentions wigs of both men and women as a See also:

• MATTER

matter of course (Alex . 59, See also:

• DIAL

Dial. mer . 11) . The theatrical wig was also in use in Greece, the various comic and tragic masks having hair suited to the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character represented . A . E . Haigh (See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre, pp . 221, 239) refers to the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black hair and See also:

• BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
• BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)

beard of the See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant, the See also:

• FAIR

fair curls of the youthful See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero, and the red hair characteristic of the dishonest slave of See also:

• COMEDY

comedy . These conventions appear to have been handed on to the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman theatre .

At See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome wigs came into use certainly in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . They were also known to the Carthaginians; See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius (iii . 78) says that See also:

• HANNIBAL
• HANNIBAL (" mercy " or " favour of Baal ")

Hannibal used wigs as a means of disguise . The fashionable ladies of Rome were much addicted to false hair, and we learn from See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Amores, 14 . 45) and See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

Martial (v . 68) that the See also:

• GOLDEN

golden hair imported from See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany was most favoured . See also:

• JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal (vi . 120) shows us Messalina assuming a yellow wig for her visits to places of See also:

• ILL

ill-fame, and the scholiast on the passage says that the yellow wig was characteristic of courtesans . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief names for wigs were galerus, gaicriculunt, corymbium, apillamentum, caliendrum, or even comae emptae, &c . Galerus meant in the first See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place a See also:

• SKULL

skull-cap, or See also:

• COIF (from Fr. coiffe, Ital. cuffia, a cap)

coif, fastening under the See also:

• CHIN

chin, and made of hide or See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur, worn by peasants, athletes and 'famines . The first men's wigs then would have been tight furcaps simulating hair, which would naturally suggest wigs of false hair . See also:

• OTHO, MARCUS SALVIUS (32-69)

Otho wore a wig (Suetonius, Otho § 12), which could not be distinguished from real hair, while See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero (Dio See also:

• CASS, LEWIS (1782–1866)

Cass. lxi .

9) wore a wig as a disguise, and See also:

• HELIOGABALUS (ELAGABALUS)

Heliogabalus also wore one at times (ibid. lxxix . 13) . Women continued to have wigs of different See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours as See also:

• PART

part of their See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• WARDROBE

wardrobe, and See also:

• FAUSTINA, ANNIA GALERIA

Faustina, wife of See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus Aurelius, is said to have had several See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred . An amusing development of this is occasionally found in portrait busts, e.g. that of Plautilla in the Louvre, in which the hair is made movable, so that by changing the wig of the statue from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time it should never be out of fashion . The Fathers of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church violently attacked the custom of wearing wigs, See also:

• TERTULLIAN (c. 155-c. 222)

Tertullian (De cultu fem . C . 7) being particularly eloquent against them, but that they did not succeed in stamping out the custom was proved by the finding of an See also:

• AUBURN
• AUBURN (from the Low Lat. alburnus, whitish, light-coloured)

auburn wig in the See also:

• GRAVE

grave of a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian woman in the See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery of St Cyriacus . In 672 a See also:

• SYNOD
• SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

synod of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople forbade the wearing of artificial hair . Artificial hair has presumably always been worn by women when the fashion required abundant locks . Thus, with the development of elaborate coiffures in the 16th century, the wearing of false hair became prevalent among ladies in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe; See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth had eighty attires of false hair, and See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary queen of Scots was also in the See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of varying the attires of hair she wore . The periwig of the 16th century, however, merely simulated real hair, either as an adornment or to See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply the defects of nature . It was not till the 17th century that the See also:

• PERUKE

peruke was worn as a distinctive feature of See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume .

The fashion started in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . In 162o the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

abbe La See also:

• RIVIERE, BRITON (1840- )

Riviere appeared at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIII. in a periwig made to simulate See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long fair hair, and four years later the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king himself, prematurely bald, also adopted one and thus set the fashion . Louis XIV., who was proud of his abundant hair, did not wear a wig till after 1670 . Meanwhile, his courtiers had continued to wear wigs in See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of the royal hair, and from See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles the fashion spread through Europe . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England it came in with the Restoration; for though the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales (See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I.), while in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on his way to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, had " shadowed himself the most he could under a burly perruque, which none in former days but bald-headed See also:

• PEOPLE

people used," he had dropped the fashion on returning to England, and he and his Cavaliers were distinguished from the " Roundheads " only by wearing their own flowing locks . Under Charles II. the wearing of the peruke became See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . See also:

• PEPYS, SAMUEL (1633-1703)

Pepys records that he parted with his own hair and " paid £3 for a periwigg ";1 and on going to church in one he says " it did not prove so See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange as I was afraid it would." It was under Queen See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne, however, that the wig attained its maximum development, covering the back and shoulders and floating down over the See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest . So far, indeed, whatever the exaggeration of its proportions, the wig had been a " counterfeit hair " intended to produce the illusion of abundant natural locks . But, to quote the inimitable author of Plocacosmos, " as the perukes became more common, their shape and forms altered . Hence we hear of the clerical, the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical, and the huge tie peruke for the See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the brigadier or See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major for the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and See also:

• NAVY

navy; as also the tremendous See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

fox See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear, or cluster of See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple curls, with a See also:

• PIG
• PIG (a word of obscure origin, connected with the Low Ger. and Dut. word of the same meaning, bigge)

pig-tail behind . The See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, the man of business and of letters, were distinguished by the grave full bottom, or more moderate tie, neatly curled; the tradesman by the long bob, or natty scratch; the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman by the natural See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly and See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting peruke . All conditions of men were distinguished by the cut of the wig, and none more so than the coachman, who wore his, as there does some to this See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, in imitation of the curled hair of a See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• DOG

dog." 2 This was cheap .

The author of Plocacosmos says that " when they first were wore, the See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price was usually one hundred guineas "; and the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article in See also:

• DIDEROT, DENIS (1713-1784)

Diderot's Encyclopedie says that it sometimes cost as much as loon ecus . ' 2 Plocacosmos, p . 203 . The writer goes on to describe the fashions on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . " So See also:

• LATE

late as King See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William's reign, in one of Rowe's pieces, See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Jane See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey, the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• GUILDFORD

Guildford See also:

• DUDLEY
• DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• DUDLEY, EDMUND (c. 1462—1510)
• DUDLEY, SIR ROBERT (1573—1649)
• DUDLEY, THOMAS (1576-1653)

Dudley is dressed in all the See also:

• MODERN

modern fashion of laced coat, See also:

• CRAVAT (from the Fr. cravate, a corruption of " Croat ")

cravat, high peruke, &c., while the heroine is simply drest, her hair parted in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle, See also:

• HANGING

hanging carelessly on her shoulders .... Nearer our time, in the tragedy of See also:

• CATO, DIONYSIUS
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (234—149 B.c.)
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (95-46 B.c.)
• CATO, PUBLIUS VALERIUS

Cato, Mr See also:

• BOOTH (connected with a Teutonic root meaning to dwell, whence also " bower ")
• BOOTH, BARTON (1681–1933)
• BOOTH, CHARLES (184o– )
• BOOTH, EDWIN [THOMAS] (1833–1893)

Booth is dressed a-la-mode, with the huge peruke .... Mr See also:

• QUIN, JAMES (1693—1766)

Quin This differentiation of wigs according to class and profession explains why, when early in the reign of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III. the general fashion of wearing wigs began to wane and See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die out, the practice held its own among professional men . It was by slow degrees that doctors, soldiers and clergymen gave up the custom . In the Church it survived longest among the bishops, the wig ultimately becoming a sort of See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign of the episcopal dignity . Wigs were first discarded by the bishops, by permission of the king, at the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation banquet of William IV., the See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather being hot; and Greville comments on the See also:

• ODD (in middle English odde, from old Norwegian oddi, an angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third man who gives a casting vote in a dispute)

odd See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of the prelates with their cropped polls . At the coronation of Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury, alone of the prelates, still «See also:

• VOTE

vote a wig . Wigs are now worn as part of official costume only in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom and its dependencies, their use being confined, except in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• COMMONS

commons and the clerks of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, to the lord See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor, the See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges and members of the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar (see See also:

• ROBES (Fr. robe, Late Lat. roba, raupa, meaning (1)

ROBES) .

Wigs of course continue to be worn by many to make up for natural deficiencies; and on the stage the wig is, as in all times, an indispensable See also:

• ADJUNCT (from Lat. ad, to, and jungere, to join)

adjunct . Many of the modern stage wigs are made of jute, a fibre which lends itself to marvellously perfect imitations of human hair . See F . W . See also:

• FAIRHOLT, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1814-1866)

Fairholt, Costume in England, 2 vols., ed . See also:

• DILLON, ARTHUR RICHARD (172I-1807)
• DILLON, JOHN (1851– )

Dillon (1885) ; C . F . See also:

• NICOLAI, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH (1733-1811)

Nicolai Uber den Gebrauch der falschen Haare and Perrrtcken (18o1); the articles " See also:

• COMA (Gr. K(.7)

Coma " and " Galerus " in Darernberg and Saglio's Dictionnaire See also:

• DES

des antiquites . There is an admirable article on wigs and wig-making in Diderot's Encyclopedie (1765), t. xii., s.v . Perruque." See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
• STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
• STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
• STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
• STEWART, J
• STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
• STEWART, JULIUS L
• STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
• STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
• STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
• STEWART, STUART
• STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)

Stewart's Plocacosmos, or the Whole See also:

• ART

Art of Hairdressing (Leaden, 1782) also contains See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich material .