Squanderfield fatally wounded by a rapier leans back as his wife kneels before him; Silvertongue in his nightgown hastily escapes through a window. Engraving by Simon François Ravenet after William Hogarth, 1745.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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[1745]
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38357i
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Marriage a-la-mode
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Squanderfield fatally wounded by a rapier leans back as his wife kneels before him; Silvertongue in his nightgown hastily escapes through a window. Engraving by Simon François Ravenet after William Hogarth, 1745. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A nightwatchman has evidently been summoned as an arm holding a lamp enters through a doorway. Scattered on the ground are clues to the affair including two masquerade masks. On the wall hangs a large tapestry of "The Judgement of Solomon"

Publication/Creation

[London] : Wm Hogarth, [1745]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 35.6 x 44.8 cm.

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Marriage-a-la-mode, (plate V). invented painted & published by Wm Hogarth. engraved by R.F Ravenet. according to act of parliament April 1st 1745 A paper is inscribed "the bagnio"

Edition

Paulson /

References note

R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition, no. 162
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1877, vol. 3, no. 2744

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Wellcome Collection 38357i

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