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
Alternative Title:
Five orders of periwigs
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., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 304 x 220 mm, on sheet 321 x 237 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Octr. 15, 1761 by W. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804, and Stuart, James, 1713-1788.
Subject (Topic):
Antiquarians, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Wigs
