tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post265239335141293020..comments2024-03-28T18:56:23.935-10:00Comments on Vintage Muscle Men: Igout's Studies for ArtistsVintage Muscle Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08244653188564625879noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-64368066535012736292021-04-13T12:21:58.782-10:002021-04-13T12:21:58.782-10:00Interesting. It makes sense.Interesting. It makes sense.Vintage Muscle Menhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08244653188564625879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-91650420995024349502021-04-13T11:57:38.023-10:002021-04-13T11:57:38.023-10:00The Prussians brought on the sort hair business as...The Prussians brought on the sort hair business as they wanted the fewest number of helmet sizes for the troops -- short hair everyone.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268458633438495760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-20256020407378163782021-04-10T12:25:03.107-10:002021-04-10T12:25:03.107-10:00Probably quite easy in those days.Probably quite easy in those days.Vintage Muscle Menhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08244653188564625879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-53269989020749063442021-04-10T12:15:40.409-10:002021-04-10T12:15:40.409-10:00Wonderful image. I can almost smell his arm pit. Wonderful image. I can almost smell his arm pit. David Life modelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196698330275917017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-29735240181437992202021-04-10T06:37:18.622-10:002021-04-10T06:37:18.622-10:00Thanks for the story! What you say about hairstyl...Thanks for the story! What you say about hairstyles changing around 1890 is true. While your method is far more entertaining, another way to date Igout's work is simply the fact that he died in the early 1880's.Vintage Muscle Menhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08244653188564625879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-56045946290402614372021-04-10T05:22:46.696-10:002021-04-10T05:22:46.696-10:00Hairstyles and hair length are a very good way app...Hairstyles and hair length are a very good way approximately to date a photograph. Men's hairstyles started to shorten in the last decade of the 19th century. My paternal grandmother was a bit of a hang 'em and flog 'em merchant, and I will never forget when it was announced on the evening news that Ted Heath (1970-74 Conservative) was the first prime minister to wear his hair over his ears since Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1895-1902 Conservative). My grandmother started sounding off, saying that it ought to be cut off... so I fished out of photograph of her father - much of the generation of men in this series - looking like one of the Beetles, and that was the end of that!Calormannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524340241288844456.post-77119775761450638742021-04-10T03:43:42.114-10:002021-04-10T03:43:42.114-10:00You get a sense of his looking for a wall to lean ...You get a sense of his looking for a wall to lean on. His paleness is striking.Big Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118746091579056192noreply@blogger.com