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The tête à tête

The tête à tête
1745
plate 2 from the Marriage à-la-mode series

Medium
etching and engraving

Measurements
35.3 × 44.4 cm (image) 38.1 × 46.3 cm (plate) 43.9 × 56.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Emeritus Professor P. W. Musgrave, Member, 1995

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 159 iv/v; BM Satires 2702

Edition
4th of 5 states

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 1st (st in superscript) 1745
printed in ink l.c.: Marriage A-la-Mode, (Plate II

Accession Number
1995.357.2

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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