The Five Orders of Perriwigs as They Were Worn at the Late Coronation, Measured Architectonically
William Hogarth
1761
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 29.9 × 22 cm (11 3/4 × 8 11/16 in.) sheet: 33.6 × 23.6 cm (13 1/4 × 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
Accession Number
2017.53.35
About the Artist
William Hogarth · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...