Marriage a la mode. Plate I [graphic] : engraved from the original picture / painted by William Hogarth ; engraved by Richard Earlom.

Creator:

Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London] :
Pubd. June 4, 1795 by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall, London,
[4 June 1795]

Physical Description:

1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; plate mark 49.6 x 63.0 cm, on sheet 50.4 x 64.3 cm.

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Notes:

Title from British Museum online catalogue.
Title engraved below image.
"Size of picture ft. 3 by 2 ft. in. 4."
Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2692.
Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 158.
Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 228.

Abstract:

"'The Marriage Settlement' (after the painting by Hogarth in National Gallery); a grand interior where Earl Squander and a city merchant arrange the marriage of their son and daughter; the extravagantly dressed young man looks at his reflection in a glass while his future bride listens to the lawyer's soft words; through the window is a view of a palatial house under construction."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Marriage settlement

Topics:

Children.
Contracts.
Conversation.
Couples.
Dogs.
Dowry.
Families.
Fathers.
Interiors.
Lawyers.
Marriage.
Merchants.
Nobility.
Paintings.

Topics:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Engravings--England--London--1795.
Mezzotints--England--London--1795.
Parables.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1795.

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Call Number:

Hogarth
796.06.04.01.2++
Hogarth 795.06.04.04++ Box 310

Orbis Record:

11645185

Yale Collection:

LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr29954

OID:

11046965

PID:

digcoll:553291