<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate IV</dc:title><dc:creator>Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[1 January 1798]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"A grand bedroom with the countess holding a morning levée attended by her hairdresser while the lawyer, Silvertongue, arranges to meet her at a masquerade; others in the room include a female friend and effeminate men who pay rapt attention to a castrato singer accompanied by a flautist, a young black man who serves chocolate to the party, and a small black boy who points to the horns of a figure of Actaeon purchased at an auction with other objects, including a fake mermaid; playing cards and invitations lie on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Title etched below image.</dc:description><dc:description>After Hogarth's painting "The Toilette" in the National Gallery, London.</dc:description><dc:description>In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in.</dc:description><dc:description>No. 4 in a series of 6 images, known as "The toilette."</dc:description><dc:description>Series title engraved below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Sheet trimmed to plate mark.</dc:description><dc:description>Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2375.</dc:description><dc:description>Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 161.</dc:description><dc:description>Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 231.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>