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The Five Orders of Periwigs

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The Five Orders of Periwigs

William Hogarth  (British, London 1697–1764 London)

Date:
November 1761
Medium:
Etching; first state of two
Dimensions:
sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (30.2 x 21.9 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number:
32.35(116)

This artwork is part of Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine

This artwork is not on display

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: in plate: "Publish'd as the Act directs Oct-r 15. 1761 by W: Hogarth"

    Inscription: in plate at top: "The Five orders of Perriwigs as they were worn at the late Coronation, measured Architectonically"

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Paulson 208 i/ii; Dobson & Armstrong, 215 i; British Museum Satires 3812

  • References

    Nadine Orenstein, Constance C. McPhee Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine Ex. cat.: September 13, 2011 - March 4, 2012. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven and London, 2011, cat. no. 84, 118, ill.



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