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The Five Orders of Perriwigs as They Were Worn at the Late Coronation, Measured Architectonically

William Hogarth , 1761

The Five Orders of Perriwigs as They Were Worn at the Late Coronation, Measured Architectonically, by William Hogarth, ink, 1761
The Five Orders of Perriwigs as They Were Worn at the Late Coronation, Measured Architectonically, by William Hogarth, ink, 1761

The Five Orders of Perriwigs as They Were Worn at the Late Coronation, Measured Architectonically is an ink print by the Romanticist artist William Hogarth. It dates from 1761 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

Inscription
Inscribed: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

About this work

He labeled each style with terms like Doric and Ionic to show how silly they looked.

This etching shows five wigs from a 1761 coronation, drawn like Greek columns. Hogarth mocked fancy wigs by treating them as architecture. He labeled each style with terms like Doric and Ionic to show how silly they looked.

In the 1700s, big wigs showed wealth and status. Hogarth hated the trend and made fun of it in prints like this one. The work is funny but also a sharp critique of fashion.

Check out another Hogarth print to see more of his sharp humor.

Artist & collection

Portrait of William Hogarth

Artist

William Hogarth

William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, satirist, cartoonist and writer.

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Who painted The Five Orders of Perriwigs as They Were Worn at the Late Coronation, Measured Architectonically?

The Five Orders of Perriwigs as They Were Worn at the Late Coronation, Measured Architectonically was painted by William Hogarth in 1761.

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