Five Orders of Periwigs

Five Orders of Periwigs

English satirical print, 1600-1832

Satirical engraving of eighteenth-century wigs drawn as they were worn at the late coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte. Wigs are measured 'architectonically' and put in a hierarchy of five groups, each bearing annotations using mock architectural terms. 

For further information see Wikipedia and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764

1761

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