A woman on whose dress is written "Radicalism" has taken some "disestablishment poison" after reading that her lover has been hanged; the dog is eating the meal on the table, which is inscribed with "capital". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 November 1885, after W. Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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14 November 1885
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565057i
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A woman on whose dress is written "Radicalism" has taken some "disestablishment poison" after reading that her lover has been hanged; the dog is eating the meal on the table, which is inscribed with "capital". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 November 1885, after W. Hogarth. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A parody of the sixth scene of Hogarth's Marriage à la mode. The poison bottle on the floor is labelled "Disestablishment poison" and a handbill next to it is printed "Last dying speech and manifesto of counsellor Silvertongue. Signed G.O.M. Price 1d" Left, George Goschen walks away with "Goschen elixir" in his pocket

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[London] : [publisher not identified], 14 November 1885.

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 30.5 x 47 cm

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Marriage à la mode new series no. 6. St. Stephen's Review presentation cartoon. Nov.r 14th, 1885. Tom Merry del. et lith.

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Wellcome Collection 565057i

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