I'm trying to find any examples of beards in England during the 1680s. I know they weren't popular but that doesn't mean they didn't exist at all. A picture would be ideal, although I appreciate this is unlikely!
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2This chap? npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw69740/…– AlexCommented Feb 25, 2020 at 17:41
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1van Dyk I did a google image search on Men, England 1680...1690 and found a few.– MCW ♦Commented Feb 25, 2020 at 17:48
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1Wait a bit. In print: Alun Withey: "Concerning Beards: Facial Hair, Health and Practice in England, 1650–1900", 2020.– LаngLаngСCommented Feb 25, 2020 at 19:18
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In 1689 Solomon Ayllon was appointed rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London, and as you can see in the picture on Wikipedia, he wore a beard.
(His predecessor, Jacob Abendana, who was appointed in 1680, probably did too - most religious Jews, or at least rabbis, at that time did - but I don't know of any picture of him.)
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1Kudo's for a good catch. Framing the problem is half the battle. +1– MCW ♦Commented Feb 25, 2020 at 17:58
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Yes, people would have worn beards in 17th century England for religious or similar reasons.– Tom AuCommented Feb 25, 2020 at 21:30
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Too bad Anthony van Dyck died a generation earlier in 1641. Self portrait Commented Feb 25, 2020 at 21:37
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Does it count if the people noted as wearing beards at the time weren't there legally?– user6591Commented Feb 26, 2020 at 3:08
