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Marriage à-la-Mode






Marriage à-la-Mode: Plate one 1745
Etching and engraving | 49.6 x 47.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 811721

Marriage a-la-Mode: Plate one
A marriage is 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.
Marriage à-la-Mode: Plate two 1745
Etching and engraving | 39.4 x 47.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 811720.b
Marriage à-la-Mode: Plate three 1745
Etching and engraving | 39.7 x 48.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 811723.b

Master: Marriage a la Mode. Item: Marriage a-la-Mode: Plate three
The young Earl Squanderfield (who has inherited his father’s title), visits the quack doctor Misaubin with a young mistress, seeking treatment for venereal disease.
Marriage à-la-Mode: Plate four 1745
Etching and engraving | 39.5 x 47.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 811723.c
Marriage à-la-Mode: Plate five 1745
Etching and engraving | 39.6 x 47.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 811720.c
Marriage à-la-Mode: Plate six 1745
Etching and engraving | 39.4 x 47.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 811723.d

Master: Marriage a la Mode. Item: Marriage a-la-Mode: Plate six
The Countess is dying. Her young son (whose spotted cheek shows he has inherited his parents’ venereal disease) is held up to her face while a man removes her rings.