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William Hogarth
The five orders of periwigs 1761; (1790) {or (1822) published}
etching and engraving
30.2 × 22.3 cm (plate) 42.5 × 35.1 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Emeritus Professor P. W. Musgrave, Member, 1995
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The five orders of periwigs
1761; (1790) {or (1822) published}
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
30.2 × 22.3 cm (plate) 42.5 × 35.1 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Emeritus Professor P. W. Musgrave, Member, 1995
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 209 iii/iii; BM Satires 3812
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Inscription
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: The five orders of PERRIWIGS as they were worn at the late CORONATION, measured Architectonically.
printed in ink l.c.: Advertisement. / In about Seventeen Years will be compleated, in Six Volumns, folio, price Fifteen Guineas, the / exact measurements of the Perriwigs of the ancients, taken from the Statues, Bustos & Baso- / Relievos, of Athens, Palmira, Balbex, and Rome, by Modes to Perriwig-meter from Lagado. / N.B. None will be sold but to subscribers. - Publish'd as the Act directs Oct.r (r in superscript above . ) 15. 1761 by W: Hogarth.
Accession Number
1995.361
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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