Marriage a-la-Mode. Plate II [graphic] / engraved by B. Baron; invented, painted & published by Wm. Hogarth according to act of Parliament, April 1st, 1745.

Edition:

[State 4].

Published/Created:

[London]
[Wm. Hogarth]
[1 April 1745]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.4 x 46.5 cm, on sheet 47.4 x 61.1 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2709
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 159
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 229

Notes:

Title engraved below image.
State from Paulson
After the painting "Tête à Tête" in the National Gallery, London.
Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Acquisition no.: 955-11-21-17. Purchased as a bound collection of 97 prints with Sotheby bookplate; disbound January 1984.
Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.

Abstract:

The young couple are seen in a large, well-furnished room that is in a state of disorder after a night's entertainment; the Viscount is collapsed in a chair having just arrived, the clock showing 1:20 a.m. His sword lies at his feet, broken, and a bonnet hangs from his pocket, suggesting his infidelity; the lap dog sniffs at him suspiciously. The wife's evening's activities at home are suggested by the book "Hoyle on whist" open on the rug in the middle of the floor, a deck of cards on the floor below a card table in the next room, and in the foreground two violins, one with its case open, on the back of an overturned chair, suggesting the wife's own infidelity. The estate steward walks away in disgust at his apparent failure to engage either the husband or the wife in addressing the wad of bills that he has in his hands or the ledger under his arm; in his pocket he carries a pamphlet entitled "Regeneration." Through an archway, a dishevelled and sleepy servant scratches his cap; the walls are decorated with paintings of religious figures. The decor includes an elaborate ormulu clock, chinese porcelain and figures (including a Buddha), a bust of a Roman matron, old master paintings (one, evidently erotic, is screened by a curtain).

Variant Titles:

Marriage a-la-Mode

Associated Names:

Baron, Bernard, 1696-1762 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]

Topics:

Adultery
Buddhas
Couples
Dogs
Gambling
Interior decoration
Interiors
Marriage
Musical instruments
paintings
Sculpture
Servants
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909
Stewards

Language:

English

Genre:

Engravings -- England -- London -- 1745
Parables
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1745

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

Sotheby 17++ Box 300

Orbis Record:

9885477

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22240

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16030557

PID:

digcoll:2808288