1-217-476 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Coiffures, late 18th century, (1910). 1 and 2 are c1768, 3 and 4 are c1772. Broad braided bands cross each other at the back. According to the London Magazine of 1775 the style had become vulgar: it now appears at inferior places of public resort. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).