The Five Orders of Periwigs, November 1761, Etching; first state of two, sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (30.2 x 21.9 cm), Prints, Hogarth here applied the terminology of classical architecture to men’s wigs to satirize the divisions of British society. With mock seriousness, he arranged wig types in rows as though in an architectural treatise
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Five Orders, Periwigs, November 1761, Etching, first state, two, sheet, 11 7/8 x 8 5/8, 30.2 21.9 cm, Prints, Hogarth, applied, terminology, classical architecture, men, wigs, satirize, divisions, British society, mock seriousness, arranged wig types, rows, architectural treatise
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