Marriage à-la-Mode: 2. The Tête-à-Tête
- Published/Created:
- 1743-1745
- Physical Description:
- 69.9 x 90.8 cm
- Date Depicted:
- 1975
1700 AD - 1799 AD - Materials:
- oil on canvas
- Notes:
- Comic views of English upper-middle-class life indoors.
- Abstract:
- At the beginning of the eighteenth century the peruke is fuller than ever. Shortly afterward it is pulled back into the tie wig. There are several variations. In one, hair is confined in a long pigtail or queue, and tied with ribbons at the top and bottom. In the solitaire, hair is confined in a black silk bag, and connecting ribbons are wrapped around the collar. In the toupet, hair is drawn straight back in a pompadour, and curls are arranged just over the ears. Generally all wigs are powdered. The tricorne is the basic hat form. It is edged with braid or lace and trimmed with a cockade. The turban and other night caps are used as long as the head is shaved.
- Associated Names:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Painter]
- Topics:
- Costume -- England -- History -- (LC)
Painting -- Britain -- 18th century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Early Georgian
- Culture:
- English
- Accession Number:
- 4391-117
- Genre:
- costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
paintings (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Clothing & Accessories
Paintings & Drawings - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Creator:
- Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
- Source Title:
- History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 4
- Source Created:
- New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975 - Call Number:
- GT513 +B87 4 (LC)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- London, England: National Gallery
- OID:
- 10608673
- PID:
- digcoll:1800391