The Old Beau in an Extasy

Despite his advanced age, the gallant, dressed in French fashion, has his appearance prepared in accordance with courtly customs. His powdered wig, fashionably tapered at the top, is brought back into shape by papillotes, while the barber fixes the long hair on the back of his neck, which is fastened to the wig and gathered together as a loop, by means of ribbons, an English hairstyle variant that…