William Hogarth
British, b.1697, d.1764
The Five Orders of Perriwigs
- 1761
- Etching
- Gift of Prof. H. John Simpson and family, in memory of Ming Simpson, 2017
- 372 x 285mm
- 2017/048
Tags: caricatures, crowns (headdresses), men (male humans), people (agents), queens (people), wigs, women (female humans), words
William Hogarth created this engraving several weeks after the coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte, entertained by the range of elaborate coiffure there on display. Satirising both contemporary fashion and the vogue for analysing ancient classical architecture, he categorised hairpieces into architectural orders and labelled them with faux expert terms.
(Out of Time, 23 September 2023 – 28 April 2024)
Exhibition History
![Andreas Cellarius Hypothesis Ptolemaica Sive Communis Planetarum Motus Per Eccentricos Et Epicyclos Demonstrans [The Ptolemaic Hypothesis or Common Representation Demonstrating the Planetary Motions through Eccentrics and Epicycles] 1661. Hand-coloured engraving. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, William A. Sutton bequest, 2000](/media/cache/05/97/05970cdff0f6b3264062d69bf2aa90f5.jpg)
