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...