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
Plate 64. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Five rows of wigs classified as "Parsonic", "Old Peerian or Aldermanic", "Lexonic", "Composite" and "Queerinthian"; at the bottom of the sheet a row of womens heads with, on the left, that of the newly-crowned Queen Charlotte; the wigs are annotated in the manner of illustrations to contemporary architectural treatises."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Five orders of periwigs
Description:
Title etched above image., Title from Paulson: The five orders of periwigs., State from Paulson. The second 'e' in advertisement added above the line; the 'k' in parsonic burnished out., Caption etched below image: Advertisement. In about seventeen years will be compleated, in six volumns, folio, price fifteen guineas, the exact measurements of the perriwigs of the ancients ..., Portraits after James 'Athenian' Stuart and Nicholas Revett., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Perriwigs five orders of. See Mr. Nichols's book, edit 3. P. 372., Sheet trimmed to: 29.8 x 21.6 cm., and Formerly on page 187 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
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
Plate 64. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Five rows of wigs classified as "Parsonic", "Old Peerian or Aldermanic", "Lexonic", "Composite" and "Queerinthian"; at the bottom of the sheet a row of womens heads with, on the left, that of the newly-crowned Queen Charlotte; the wigs are annotated in the manner of illustrations to contemporary architectural treatises."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Five orders of periwigs
Description:
Title etched above image., Title from Paulson: The five orders of periwigs., State from Paulson. The second 'e' in advertisement added above the line; the 'k' in parsonic burnished out., Caption etched below image: Advertisement. In about seventeen years will be compleated, in six volumns, 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 30.2 x 22.3 cm, on sheet 36.6 x 28.9 cm., Mounted on leaf 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 64 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
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
Plate 64. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Five rows of wigs classified as "Parsonic", "Old Peerian or Aldermanic", "Lexonic", "Composite" and "Queerinthian"; at the bottom of the sheet a row of womens heads with, on the left, that of the newly-crowned Queen Charlotte; the wigs are annotated in the manner of illustrations to contemporary architectural treatises."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Five orders of periwigs
Description:
Title etched above image., Title from Paulson: The five orders of periwigs., State from Paulson. The second 'e' in advertisement added above the line; the 'k' in parsonic burnished out., Caption etched below image: Advertisement. In about seventeen years will be compleated, in six volumns, 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 302 x 218 mm, on sheet 382 x 282 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
Plate 64. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Five rows of wigs classified as "Parsonic", "Old Peerian or Aldermanic", "Lexonic", "Composite" and "Queerinthian"; at the bottom of the sheet a row of womens heads with, on the left, that of the newly-crowned Queen Charlotte; the wigs are annotated in the manner of illustrations to contemporary architectural treatises."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Five orders of periwigs
Description:
Title etched above image., Title from Paulson: The five orders of periwigs., State from Paulson. The second 'e' in advertisement added above the line; the 'k' in parsonic burnished out., Caption etched below image: Advertisement. In about seventeen years will be compleated, in six volumns, 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 ; sheet 300 x 218 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
A satirical portrait of an elegant young man, whole length in profile facing left, reading through a glass at a book on which is printed the alphabet. Probably a representation of Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk
Alternative Title:
Illiterate macaroni of twenty-one learning his A.B.C.
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from volume III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "20" in upper right corner., and For a later state with additional numbering, see no. 4652 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Publisher:
Pub. accordg. to act by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1739-1779
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Eyeglasses, and Hairstyles
A nude couple (Mrs. Fitzherbert and the future George IV) in enormous wigs stands under the "Tree of Life." A sheet of paper covering the man's hips is inscribed "Mr. Rock." In his left hand he holds a ticket to a masquerade at Pantheon, in the right a walking stick. A serpent, inscribed "Modern gap of honour" glides between his legs and next to a saddle, whip and a riding hat inscribed "Furniture for saddling an estate." Next to the woman who holds a fan in front of her thighs, with a dog climbing up her knee, lie on the ground a staff and a comedy mask, a ticket and a letter addressed "To Belinda." Behind the woman a monkey is holding a mirror. Playing cards and dice fall off the tree which is hung with cards advertising fashionable places in London such as the Carlisle House, Pantheon, White's Club, Ranelagh and Almack's, among others. On the left a devil is walking away from her toward a roaring fire saying "I'll even back to Hell again, for these must be too knowing for me by the Size of their Heads." On the right in the background two men, identified as "Cain and Abel" are dueling. Another man lies on the ground having fallen off a galloping horse. The explanation below reads "For the benefit of the next heir."
Alternative Title:
Adam and Eve regenerated
Description:
Title etched below image., Formerly dated as 1780 because a portion of the ascender in the '6' (and the upper portion of the '8') is missing., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd Novr. 24, 1786 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Adam (Biblical figure), and Eve (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Tree of life, Gambling, Wigs, Hairstyles, Devil, Hell, Dueling, and Horseback riding
