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.
- Date:
- [1745]
- Reference:
- 38357i
- Part of:
- Marriage a-la-mode
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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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Lettering
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 38357i
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