e who did not follow the extreme fashion of his time.
In this example may be observed the sausage curls over the ear, and the
frizziness over the forehead.

We have directed attention to the large periwigs, and given a portrait
of the Earl of Albemarle wearing one. In the picture of the House of
Commons in the time of Sir Robert Walpole we get an excellent indication
of how popular the periwig was amongst the lawmakers of the land.
Farquhar, in a comedy called "Love and a Bottle," brought out in 1698,
says, "A full wig is imagined to be as infallible a token of wit as the
laurel."

Tillotson is usually regarded as the first amongst the English clergy to
adopt the wig. He said in one of his sermons: "I can remember since the
wearing of hair below the ears was looked upon as a sin of the first
magnitude, and when ministers generally, whatever their text was, did
either find or make occasion to reprove the great sin of long hair; and
if they saw any one in the congregation guilty in that kind, they would
point him out particularly, and let fly at him with great zeal." Dr
Tillotson died on November 24th, 1694. Wigs found favour with parsons,
and in course of time they appear to have been indispensable. A volume,
in 1765, was issued under the title of "Free Advice to a Young
Clergyman," from the pen of the Rev. John Chubbe, in which he
recommended the young preacher always to wear a full wig until age had
made his own hair respectable. Dr Randolph, on his advancement to the
bishopric, presumed to wait upon George IV. to kiss hands without
wearing a wig. This could not be overlooked by the king, and he said,
"My lord, you must have a wig." Bishops wore wigs until the days of
William IV. Bishop Blomfield is said to have been the first bishop to
set the example of wearing his own hair. Even as late as 1858, at the
marriage of the Princess Royal of England, Archbishop Sumner appeared in
his wig.

Medical men kept up the custom of wearing wigs for a long period:
perhaps they felt like a character in Fielding's farce, "The Mock
Doctor," who exclaims, "I must have a physician's habit, for a physician
can no more prescribe without a full wig than without a fee." The wig
known as the full-bottomed wig was worn by the medical profession:--

"Physic of old her entry made
Beneath the immense, full-bottom'd shade;
While the gilt cane, with solemn pride
To each suspicious nose applied,
Seemed but a necessary prop