Marriage à-la-Mode: Plate one 1745
Etching and engraving | 49.6 x 47.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 811721
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The six prints forming Marriage à-la-Mode are based on oil paintings by Hogarth now in the National Gallery. Unlike his previous printed sets, Hogarth employed other printmakers to engrave the plates. In doing so, he implied that his paintings were comparable to the works of the finest artists which were being copied in the sort of reproductive prints the engravers he had selected were known for. This print shows a marriage being arranged between Viscount Squanderfield, the son of a bankrupt earl and the daughter of a wealthy merchant. The exchange is one of money for title.
Provenance
Perhaps acquired by George III; certainly Royal Collection by 1845 (when listed by John Glover, Librarian)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
Measurements
49.6 x 47.8 cm (sheet of paper)
38.4 x 46.5 cm (platemark)
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