A conversation piece: John Rich and his family relaxing in the gardens at Cowley; three men on the right stand admiring a painting; two women on the left sit by the table in conversation, behind John Rich who reclines on pillows on grass, an open book...
"'The Marriage Settlement' (after the painting by Hogarth in National Gallery); a grand interior where Earl Squander and a city merchant arrange the marriage of their son and daughter; the extravagantly dressed young man looks at his reflection in a g...
Alternative Title:
Marriage settlement
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4, 1795 by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall, London
The Earl Squander and a city merchant arrange the marriage of their son and daughter in a grand sitting room. The Earl, whose coronet is stamped on all his possessions, unfolds a diagram of his illustrious family tree as the alderman focuses on the ma...
The Earl Squander and a city merchant arrange the marriage of their son and daughter in a grand sitting room. The Earl, whose coronet is stamped on all his possessions, unfolds a diagram of his illustrious family tree as the alderman focuses on the ma...
The Earl Squander and a city merchant arrange the marriage of their son and daughter in a grand sitting room. The Earl, whose coronet is stamped on all his possessions, unfolds a diagram of his illustrious family tree as the alderman focuses on the ma...
Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two men stand in the foreground conversing. The man on the left holds a mug out in front of him, while the man on the right smokes a pipe; two dogs playfully run past the men. A house is visible in the background on the right, and the wall of another ...
Alternative Title:
Mr. Slaughter and Mr. Heeltap talking of the state affairs
Description:
Titled by the artist in ink below image.
Subject (Topic):
Conversation, Drinking vessels, Pipes (Smoking), Dogs, and Dwellings
"A jovial citizen leaning on his tall cane in profile to the right addresses another, who walks off to the right, turning his head to scowl at his interlocutor. The former says: "How do you do my Old Friend - pretty warm by this time I suppose, - a lo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1st, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Income tax, Law and legislation, Conversation, Dogs, and Staffs (Sticks)
