Marriage a la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate I

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Title: Marriage a la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate I
Alternative Title: Marriage settlement
Creator: Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created: [4 June 1795]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 4, 1795 by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall, London
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
Description: 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.
Provenance: Edward Hammonds; 2 July 2001;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 49.6 x 63.0 cm, on sheet 50.4 x 64.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Engravings England London 1795
Mezzotints England London 1795
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Children
Contracts
Conversation
Couples
Dogs
Dowry
Families
Fathers
Interiors
Lawyers
Marriage
Merchants
Nobility
Paintings
Rake's progress
Subjects: Children
Contracts
Conversation
Couples
Dogs
Dowry
Families
Fathers
Interiors
Lawyers
Marriage
Merchants
Nobility
Paintings
Rake's progress
England > 1795
England > London > 1795

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