Marriage à la Mode, Plate II
Print
01/04/1745 (published)
01/04/1745 (published)
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This is the second of a series of six prints portraying the disastrous consequences of a joyless arranged marriage between a wealthy middle-class merchant's daughter and an impoverished Earl's son. The couple have every material comfort in a luxurious London house, furnished in the latest style, but they take no pleasure in each other's company.
The husband has returned from an evening of womanising and fighting, while the wife has been at home entertaining. The man on the right is their disapproving steward, in despair at the couple's lifestyle and their financial state - many expenses and very little income.
The husband has returned from an evening of womanising and fighting, while the wife has been at home entertaining. The man on the right is their disapproving steward, in despair at the couple's lifestyle and their financial state - many expenses and very little income.
Object details
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| Title | Marriage à la Mode, Plate II (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching and engraving on paper |
| Brief description | 'Marriage à la Mode, Plate II'. The second of a series of six satirical prints. Etching Engraving and etching by Bernard Baron, after William Hogarth, 1745. |
| Physical description | In this scene the Earl's son has returned home after a night of debauchery - the woman's cap in his right pocket, at which a dog tugs, indicates this. Seated at a table with his wife, he stares into space. On the right a servant leaves, his gaze turned upward and his hand raised. In the right background, through an arch, a reveller wakes. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Invented Painted & Published by Wm. Hogarth Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate II Engraved by B. Baron According to Act of Parliament April 1st 1745.' (Lettered) |
| Credit line | Forster Bequest |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This is the second of a series of six prints portraying the disastrous consequences of a joyless arranged marriage between a wealthy middle-class merchant's daughter and an impoverished Earl's son. The couple have every material comfort in a luxurious London house, furnished in the latest style, but they take no pleasure in each other's company. The husband has returned from an evening of womanising and fighting, while the wife has been at home entertaining. The man on the right is their disapproving steward, in despair at the couple's lifestyle and their financial state - many expenses and very little income. |
| Bibliographic reference | Lambert, Susan. Prints : Art and Techniques. London : V&A Publications, 2001. p 11 : ill. |
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| Accession number | F.118:21 |
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| Record created | December 10, 2002 |
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