Do You Know: What is the origin of wig and gown? (colour litho)

What is the origin of wig and gown? Artificial hair has been worn all through history, and wigs from ancient Egypt, Persia and Greece are still preserved. Gentlemen's wigs became popular in England after 1660, when the full-bottomed wig was gradually replaced by a smaller peruke or tie-wig. In the latter half of the 18th century, the custom was slowly superseded, but the legal profession still retain the costume they adopted for mourning dress when Queen Mary (William and Mary) died of smallpox in 1694. Another statement exists that "the Bar went into mourning at the death of Queen Anne in 1714, and never came out again". Judges wear full-bottomed wigs, barristers wear tie-wigs. Illustration for one of a set of 50 "Do You Know?" cigarette cards issued by Carreras in 1939.