tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post1077866975955476237..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Miles Sherbrook in the FleshUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-50358852870104701922021-05-19T10:13:48.451-05:002021-05-19T10:13:48.451-05:00You’re right about the buckle at the knee, of cour...You’re right about the buckle at the knee, of course. I was thinking about the shoe buckles that men in full-length portraits sometimes almost seem to thrust at us. Even John Hancock’s knee buckle seems more luxurious, though—in part because it matches the trim on his coat.<br /><br />The Daniel Rogers portrait is indeed an interesting comparison because it does show a receding hairline. But the rest of Rogers’s hair is indeed curled, and the trim on his coat is almost over the top. (Hancock showed how elegance is done.) <br /><br />It’s quite possible my curiosity about Miles Sherbrook’s hair is based on modern attitudes toward male pattern baldness as regrettable. The fashion for wigs offered him the chance to shave his head, to wear a full head of someone else’s hair, to wear a nightcap on casual occasions. Manners even encouraged him to do so, it seems. Most genteel middle-aged men did so. But Sherbrook chose to be immortalized with a more natural look. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-4259692277999477082021-05-19T08:47:20.897-05:002021-05-19T08:47:20.897-05:00Miles Sherbrook's hairdo, or lack thereof, bro...Miles Sherbrook's hairdo, or lack thereof, brought to mind Copley's portrait of Daniel Rogers of Gloucester. Admittedly, Rogers does have the sides curled (if indifferently), but he does have the same receding natural hairline look going on. And while Rogers is more flashily dressed, his overall posture/pose is less than elegant.<br /><br />Also, one small quibble: you state that Sherbrook has "no buckles" whereas I clearly see a brass buckle at the knee. Not sure where else you'd see buckles anyway except for his footwear which is out of view in any event.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Don Carleton (Jr.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02995856884718068236noreply@blogger.com