Miss Havisham; Hairstyle Ideas + Research

Hairstyles changed a lot during the 19th century, and I wasn't sure which one to choose my Miss Havisham look. I wanted to keep it in the early or mid century hairstyles. I started my research from the early 1800s, slowly towards the end of the 1850s.

I really like the idea of tight curls framing the face, and I think that an early 19th century hairstyle would look good on my partner, as she has short fringe. But at the same time I like how hairstyles became more elaborate towards the 1850s/60s and the curls became looser and lower, rather than the tight ringlets around the forhead. Comparing different hairstyles, I've noticed that even if the fringe weren't short and curly, they were still shaped around the face to frame it. I've decided to create some ideas on paper for each, and then see what works best with my make up design and what I could recreate best. 

Early 1800s 

Unknown Woman

Oil on canvas

c. 1800

 Artist: Francois Gerard

(source: http://merryfarmer.net/2013/04/the-beauty-and-evolution-of-19th-century-hairstyles/)

Detail of Misses Harriet
Painting
1806 
Artist: John Smart
(source: http://www.songsmyth.com/hairstyles.html)

 Detail of Elizabeth Burney
Painting
1806 
Artist: John Smart

(source: http://www.songsmyth.com/hairstyles.html)

Portrait of Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis
Oil on canvas
1809
Artist: Gilbert Stuart
(source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/415246028112434544/)

Charlotte Sparrow

Oil on canvas

c. 1815/1820

Artist: William Owen

(source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/415246028112800693/)

19th century hairstyles
no other information found
(source: https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/regency-hairstyles-and-their-accessories/)

Portrait of Rosalba Peale
Oil on canvas
c. 1820
Artist: Rembrandt
(source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/415246028112972383/)

Portrait of Sara Coleridge and Edith May Warter
Watercolour on ivory
1820
Artist: Edward Nash 
(source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/415246028112813105/)

Detail of a fashion plate
1810
(source: http://www.songsmyth.com/hairstyles.html)

Fashion plate
1811
(source: http://www.songsmyth.com/hairstyles.html)

Hairstyle no.1

This is an early Victorian hairstyle. Curls framing the face and the rest of the hair in a high top knot.

Feb 6th 2015

Hairstyle no.2

A ringlet and two tight curts on each side, framing of the face. Rest of the hair in a big top knot.

Feb 6th 2015

Hairstyle no.3 

Here the hair at the crown of the head is curled, creating a top knot, and little ringlets framing the face from one ear to another.

Feb 6th 2015

Hairstyle no.4

This hairstyle is almost the same as the first one, but here I wanted to add more ringlets to frame the face and to get more of a 'messy' curly look, as I've seen in some portraits as I was doing my research. And again, rest of the hair in a top knot.

Feb 6th 2015

Hairstyle no.5 

This hairstyle was inspired by the image from the detail of a fashion plate (1810). From what I could gather there is a braid at the back. A middle parting, and five curls on each side; three ringlets and two longer curls. 

Feb 6th 2015

Hairstyle no.6

This one is exactly the same as the hairstyle above, but I added a bun at the back which, I think, makes the hairstyle look better. But probably the bun would have to be a hair piece because there is no way the hairstyle could be created exactly like in this hair chart without one. 

Feb 6th 2015

1840s - early 1860s

Victorian beauty

Oil on canvas

c.1840-1842

Artist: unknown

(source: http://wilhelminamarquart.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/ah-rainy-day-with-1840s.html)

1840s- 1850s Hairstyles
Drawings
Unknown artist
(source: http://individual.utoronto.ca/beaujot/web2/bib.html)

Three young women

photograph

1845

(source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/546061523543555440/)

Portrait of a young woman posing in front of a cloud backdrop
Hand tinted Daguerreotype
1850s
unknown photographer
(source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/54184001742582555/)

Portrait of a girl
Hand tinted Daguerreotype
1850s
unknown photographer
(source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/284500901433894260/)

Woman with Lace Collar
Oil on canvas
1850s
Artist: Jozsef Borsos
(source: http://www.snipview.com/q/1850s%20paintings)

Pre- Civil War hairstyle
c. 1855
(source: http://bartoscollection.com/vehairstylesbyera.html)

Hairstyle no.1

Middle parting, hair at the top of the head smooth, quite flat, with two tight curls on each side. Rest of the hair pulled back in a low bun.

Feb 6th 2015

Hairstyle no.2

This is a very simple hairstyle, I took my inspiration from the 'Woman with Lace Collar' painting by Jozef Borsos (image above). The hairstyle consists of a middle parting and having all of the hair pulled back in a low bun, but still keeping that frame-shaped look at the front.

Feb 7th 2015

Hairstyle no.3

If I were to create this hairstyle, first I'd make a big topknot at the crown of the head. Then curl the rest of the hair with smaller tongs, creating looser curls than in the hairstyles above.

Feb 8th 2015

Hairstyle no. 4

I really like the waves that they started adding in their hairstyles in the late 1850s, and it looks very romantic. For this hairstyle I'd curl 3 sections on each side and create the waves and then braid the hair at the back and twist it into a bun.

Feb 8th 2015

Hairstyle no.5

I added a braid on both sides of the face, each pinned in a top knot at the back.

Feb 8th 2015 

 Hairstyle no. 6

Two very tight, long curls on each side of the face and a big low bun at the back.

 Feb 8th 2015

Haistyle no.7

Here I'd section front and back, then curl the front creating 5 tight curls on each side. The rest of the hair would be braided and then twisted into a low bun.

Feb 8th 2015

Hairstyle no. 8

This hairstyle is almost the same as the 3rd one, but with a big top knot. 

Feb 8th 2015

Hairstyle no.9

Curled lock of hair on each side - to frame the face. Middle parting and a braid going accross the head. Rest of the hair pulled back, in a bun.

Feb 9th 2015

reference found on Feb 6th/7th/8th