The Five Orders of Perriwigs as They Were Worn at the Late Coronation, Measured Architectonically
1761
William Hogarth
Artist, English, 1697 - 1764
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
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Dimensions
plate: 29.9 × 22 cm (11 3/4 × 8 11/16 in.)
sheet: 33.6 × 23.6 cm (13 1/4 × 9 5/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.53.35
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Catalogue Raisonné
Paulson 1965, no. 208, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(R. E. Lewis, CA, 17 September 1984); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1965
Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth's Graphic Works. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. Rev. ed., 1970: no. 208, ii/ii
1989
Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth's Graphic Works. Third edition. London, 1989: no. 209, iii/iii
Inscriptions
by later hand, upper right in black ink: 67.; upper center in plate: The five orders of PERRIWIGS as they were worn at the late CORONATION measured architectonically; upper left in plate: A / Corona or / Lermier or / Fore top / B / Architrave or Archivolt or Caul... / ... I Helices or / Volute or Spiral / or Curl. ; lower center in plate: Advertisement. / In about Seventeen Years will be completed, in Six Volumns, folio, price, Fifteen Guineas, the / exact Measurements of the PERRIWIGS of the ancient s ; taken from the Statues, Bustos & Baso- / Rilievos, of Athens, Palmira, Balbec, and Rome, by MODESTO Perriwig-meter from Lagado. / N.B. None will be Sold but to Suscribers. Publish'd as the Act driects Oct.r 15 .1761 by W: Hogarth; inscriptions throughout image
Wikidata ID
Q77259404