Staten Island Advance/Irving SilversteinThe subject of this 18th-century portrait is an already established citizen who can afford the latest style of dress and a flowing wig. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.

18th-century painting sold in New York of ‘woman in a hat’ is actually a man – making it earliest known picture of a transvestite. By DAILY MAIL REPORTER ...

18th Century Men Wore Dresses Called Banyans. ... and in 18th century America and England it was ... matching hat called a “negligé cap” topped off the look and kept a man's bald head warm ...

Ornamental Hermits Were 18th-Century England’s Must-Have Garden Accessory Wealthy landowners hired men who agreed to live in isolation on their estates for as long as seven years ...