. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . both, and the periwig, are simplywigs ; but the term peruke is in general appliedto a formal, richly curled wig; and the word peri-wig also conveys the distinction of a formal less dignity were riding-wigs, nightcap wigs, andbag-wigs. Bag-wigs are said to have had their originamong French servants,who tied up their hair in ablack leather bag as a speedyway of dressing it, and tokeep it out of the waywhen at other and disor-dering duties. In May, 1706, the Eng-lish, led by Marlborough,gained a great victory onthe battle-field of Rami
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . both, and the periwig, are simplywigs ; but the term peruke is in general appliedto a formal, richly curled wig; and the word peri-wig also conveys the distinction of a formal less dignity were riding-wigs, nightcap wigs, andbag-wigs. Bag-wigs are said to have had their originamong French servants,who tied up their hair in ablack leather bag as a speedyway of dressing it, and tokeep it out of the waywhen at other and disor-dering duties. In May, 1706, the Eng-lish, led by Marlborough,gained a great victory onthe battle-field of Ramillies,and that gave the title to anew wig described as hav- Patrick Henry ing a long, gradually diminishing, plaited tail, calledthe Ramillie-tail, which was tied with a great bowat the top and a smaller one at the bottom. Thehair also bushed out at both sides of the Ramillies wig shown in Hogarths ModernMidnight Conversation hanging against the wall,is reproduced on page 340. This wig was not atfirst deemed full-dress. Queen Anne was deeply. 336 Two Centuries of Costume offended because Lord Bolingbroke, summoned hur-riedly to her, appeared in a Ramillies wig insteadof a full-bottomed peruke. The queen remarkedthat she supposed next time Lord Bolingbroke wouldcome in his nightcap. It was the same offendingnobleman who brought in the fashion of the meanlittle tie-wigs. It is stated in Reads Weekly Journal of May i,1736, in an account of the marriage of the Princeof Wales, that the officers of the Horse and FootGuards wore Ramillies periwigs when on parade, byhis Majestys order. We meet in the reign of GeorgeII other forms of wigs and other titles; the mostpopular was the pigtail wig. The pigtail of this wasworn hanging down the back or tied up in a knotbehind. This pigtail wig, worn for so many years,is shown on page 340. It was popular in the armyfor sixty years, but in 1804 orders were given for thepigtail to be reduced to seven inches in length, andfinally, in 1808,
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