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1. The five orders of perriwigs as they were worn at the late coronation, measured architectonically [graphic].
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 October 1761]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The five orders of perriwigs as they were worn at the late coronation, measured architectonically [graphic].