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Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
35.5 × 44.4 cm (image) 38.5 × 46.2 cm (plate) 38.9 × 46.5 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 160 i/iii; BM Satires 2717
Edition
1st of 3 states
Printing/Publishing
published by William Hogarth, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Invented Painted & Published by W.m (m in superscript above . ) Hogarth
printed in ink l.r.: Engraved by B. Baron / According to Act of Parliament April 1.st (st in superscript above . ) 1745
printed in ink l.c.: Marriage A-la-Mode, (Plate III)
Accession Number
780-2
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1917
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
couples marriage (social construct) nobility physicians prostitutes reproductive prints treating (health care function) vice (culture-related concept)