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The Five Orders of Perriwigs

Maker

(artist)
1697-1764

(engraver)
1697-1764

Title

The Five Orders of Perriwigs

Date of Production

1761

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 30.2 cm
Width: 22 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2026

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

William Hogarth - Printmaker, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2001-13/05/2001

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : : The five orders of Perriwigs as they were worn at the late Coronation, measured Architectonically. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper left margin & recto : : A Corona or // Lermier or // Foretop. // B Architrave // or Archivolt // or Caul. // C Colarino or // Hypotrachi [equals] // [equals] lum or Friz // D Triglyph // Membretta // or Necklock. // E Guttae or // Drops or // Buckle. // F Base or // Full Bot- // tom. // G Aile de // Pigeon or // Wing.// H Fillet or // Ribbon. // I Helices or // Volute or // Spiral // or Curl. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : bottom margin & recto : : Advertisment. // In about Seventeen Years will be compleated, in Six Volumes, folio price Fifteen Guineas. the // exact measurements of the Perriwigs of the ancients; taken from the Statues, Bustos [ampersand] Baso - // Relievos, of Athens, Palmira, Balbec, and Rome. by [colon] Modesto Perriwig-meter from Lagado. // N.B. none will be Sold but to Subscribers. ____Publish'd as the Act directs Oct.r 15. 1761 by W [colon] Hogarth. //

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