The Five Orders of Perriwigs
Maker
(artist)
1697-1764
(engraver)
1697-1764
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
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. //
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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