Terms and conditions of use
The toilette
1745
plate 4 from the Marriage à-la-mode series
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
35.3 × 44.5 cm (image) 38.5 × 46.0 cm (plate) 38.9 × 46.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1917
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 161 ii/iv; BM Satires 2731
Edition
2nd of 4 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 S. Ravenet / According to Act of Parliament April 1.st (st in superscript above . ) 1745
printed in ink l.c.: Marriage A-la-Mode, (Plate IV)
Accession Number
780-2
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
adultery couples marriage (social construct) morality nobility reproductive prints social functions toilette (activity)