The five orders of perriwigs as they were worn at the late coronation, measured architectonically [graphic].

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Title: The five orders of perriwigs as they were worn at the late coronation, measured architectonically [graphic].
Alternative Title: Five orders of periwigs
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 October 1761]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, Octr. 15, 1761 by W. Hogarth
Abstract: A satire on the mechanical studies of antiquarians who sought a canon of beauty by measuring the proportions of fine works of antiquity. A collection of five rows of wigs, some of which are shown on human heads, are drawn with measuring lines and lettered to reference a table at the side of the design
Description: Title etched above image.
Title from Paulson: The five orders of periwigs
First state as described by Paulson, without second "e" in "Advertisement"; without addition of "or Parsonic" under "Episcopal".
Below the design: Advertisment. In about seventeen years will be compleated, in six volumes, folio, price fifteen guineas, the exact measurements of the perriwigs of the ancients ...
Portraits after James 'Athenian' Stuart and Nicholas Revett.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 304 x 220 mm, on sheet 321 x 237 mm.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; October 1959;
Extent: 1 print : 304 x 220 mm, on sheet 330 x 240 mm
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1761
Etchings England London 1761
Engravings England London 1761
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804
Stuart, James, 1713-1788.
Subject (Topic): Antiquarians
Clothing & dress
Hairstyles
Wigs
Subjects: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stuart, James, 1713-1788
Antiquarians
Clothing & dress
Hairstyles
Wigs
England > 1761
England > London > 1761

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