- 1790s
which was
affected by the
French Revolution (1789–1799).
Perukes or
periwigs for men were
introduced into the English-speaking
world with
other French...
- The Five
Orders of
Periwigs (The Five
Orders of
Perriwigs as they were Worn at the Late
Coronation Measured Architectonically) is a 1761
engraving by the...
-
Operation Periwig was a
secret service operation planned and
carried out by the
British Special Operations Executive (SOE) from
November 1944 onwards...
- a long
decline and now
disappeared among the
upper classes.
Perukes or
periwigs for men were
introduced into the English-speaking
world with
other French...
- worn by
Irish nationalists who were
opposed to the
wearing of
powdered periwigs closely ****ociated with
members of the
Protestant Ascendancy. They were...
-
Periwig Maker is a 1999 British-German
short stop
motion animation film. 15
minutes long, it is
based on
Daniel Defoe's
novel A
Journal of the Plague...
-
looked less
attractive (which
earned this
epoch the
disdainful epithet "
periwig era" in the
Dutch Orangist historiography of the 19th century), it still...
-
Excipe John
Periwig tied up to the tail of a dead pig. The
meaning here is "The
storm rose up and
overturned the boat" and "Except for John
Periwig", etc....
- was here that he
invented a
waterproof dye for use on the
fashionable periwigs of the time, the
income from
which later funded his
prototype cotton machinery...
- of
Honour in
their riding habits of
mannish coats, doublets, hats, and
periwigs, "so that, only for a long
petticoat dragging under their men's coats,...
