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The Darling

Jo's mo show
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Moustaches
 

Beards were generally been out for British military men in the 1800s: civilians might have worn them as badges of masculinity, but in the army they were perhaps a bit too close to indiscipline for comfort.

Moustaches seem to have been acceptable though and were cultivated in various styles. The Darling forms a lush, inverted crescent around the upper lip. If it could speak it would probably have the gravelly timbre of a gruff, gouty squire.

The Darling
Thomas Simson Pratt
Bernard O'Dowd, Poet
Federal Statistician Knibbs
1 The Darling. 2 Thomas Simson Pratt, c. 1863 Batchelder & O'Neill. 3 Bernard O'Dowd, Poet, 1919 David Low. © Estate of David Low. 4 Federal Statistician Knibbs, 1919 David Low. © Estate of David Low.
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Jo's mo show

(with beards)

Previous exhibition, 2011

This exhibition illustrates changes in beards, moustaches and sideburns from the 1780s to the 1980s.
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