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| Keywords: Hogarth-satire-on-false-pespective-1753.jpg object history credit line accession number Unknown source <gallery>File William Hogarth - Absurd perspectives png Larger non-grayscale PNG scan</gallery> PD-old-100 ImageNote 1 394 314 77 51 762 959 2 Erroneous overlap The sign is obscured by objects that should be behind it ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 488 158 94 62 762 959 2 Collapse of distance The woman leans out the window to the light the pipe of the man on the hill as though they are facing each other In reality they should be ½ a mile distant ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 415 154 115 85 762 959 2 The man on the hill is as tall as the tree next to him and ½ as tall as the church ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 78 429 45 38 762 959 2 The swan is at least the same height as the men in the boat ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 528 608 146 200 762 959 2 Both the top and bottom of the barrel are visible ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 6 264 480 144 80 762 959 2 The man in the boat fires his rifle at the swan While a straight line along the barrel will meet with the swan behind the ship it is obvious to the viewer that he's firing his gun into the bridge abutment ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 684 488 75 107 762 959 2 The perspective of the siding of the building arbitrarily changes about ½ way down ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 2 351 101 46 762 959 2 The water slopes away as precipitately as the hill does ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 9 106 600 162 178 762 959 2 Sheep are bigger in the back and get smaller the closer they are ImageNoteEnd 9 ImageNote 10 397 540 48 53 762 959 2 Invalid crossing ImageNoteEnd 10 ImageNote 11 290 232 32 27 762 959 2 This crow is like Godzilla Too big ImageNoteEnd 11 ImageNote 12 386 804 373 104 762 959 2 The floor perspective is too exagerated ImageNoteEnd 12 ImageNote 13 473 261 180 199 762 959 2 The oblique lower beam of the bracket is fixed on a nearby house but the horizontal upper beam is fixed on a house far behind Both beams apparently go nearly perpendicular to the line of sight ImageNoteEnd 13 1753 Perspective 18th-century caricatures 1753 Impossible objects Satire William Hogarth People with swans in art John Joshua Kirby | ||||
