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1. Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate IV
- Creator:
- Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1798]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 798.01.01.04++ Box 310
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Alternative Title:
- Toilette
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Hogarth's painting "The Toilette" in the National Gallery, London., In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in., No. 4 in a series of 6 images, known as "The toilette.", Series title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2375., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 161., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 231.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jany. 1, 1798, by J. & J. Boydell, N. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Blacks, Boudoirs, Children, Couples, Hairdressing, Interiors, Marriage, Musicians, Paintings, Rake's progress, Seduction, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate IV