A mission for historical minded people...

[seamoose]

It seems that theatrical costumers think that between the end of the Cavalier era (1650ish) and the beginning of Victorian England (1840ish), facial hair was right out. It has kept me out of a show recently, and is causing our current costumer to twitch because she can't get the men to bend to her vision. So I am wondering if people out there

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[britgeekgrrl]

Let me hit my books of primary source, tonight, and get back to you.

(Handy place to start, btw, might be the National Portrait Gallery's online archives - unfortunately, my guide-book to ditto is still in a box, somewhere)

FWIW, my seat-of-the-pants opinion is that you're right - facial hair generally was NOT in favor.

[tafelspitz]

A quick search on 'beards in the 18th Century' brought up this discussion on the topic on a British living history site.

http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11199&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=ea6f005e7c396cfb78a9f1c03eb44804