Victorian and Edwardian Beards as the Apex of Gentlemanly Adornments.
Gentle Readers
The Nineteenth Century was a renaissance of facial adornment and experimentation. Never before or since has the beard been such an exquisite presentation of unabashed masculinity. Herein, find but a poor sampling of the magnificence that was the Century of the Beard.
The gears of progress are driven by inherently dangerous mechanical contraptions that often emit fine particulates and occasional high-velocity shrapnel so it is imperative that one wear sufficient ocular protective devices at all times so as to avoid unnecessary injury and inconvenient diminishment of vision.
And this gentleman is totally rocking the mad scientist vibe.