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Description: | With her front hair swept up high from her forehead, this lady was probably portrayed in the third quarter of the eighteenth century. She would have used starch powder in order to give her hair its shape, and would have had to sleep with a special bonnet protecting it. She must have been represented around the time when ladies' hairstyles went to extremes. The sitter of this portrait remained rather tame with a simple bonnet, but hair ornaments could have included feathers, flowers or various items such as a model ship or a fake snake. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: French School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8941... | Go to resource |
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