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Title: Silhouette portrait of John Newton Date c.1775 Depicts Newton wearing a 'queue wig' in which the hair at the back was tied into one or more braids with horizontal curls. Wigs were fashionable from the 17th century, by the 18th century the 'bob wig' was the most popular. It was a short wig that had originally been worn by tradesmen who could not afford the longer wigs that were fashionable at the time. Bob wigs were the most popular wigs in colonial America and were also the standard wig worn by Protestant clergymen for the whole century. Other 18th century styles include the 'tie wig', the 'bag wig', with a black taffeta bag attached, and the natural wig with a long straight or curled back. |
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