Marriage à la Mode (Plate III)

William Hogarth1745

Details

Title: Marriage à la Mode (Plate III)
Creator: Bernard Baron after William Hogarth
Date Created: 1745
Subject Keywords: marriage, satire, social satire
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, lower left: “Invented Painted & Published by Wm. Hogarth” with name of engraver inscribed lower right
Set or Series Title: Marriage à la Mode
Print State: Second of three states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1943
Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Dated June 1745. The DAC set was printed after a lock of hair was added to the woman’s forehead in Plate 2, so these are not early impressions.
Dimensions: 1764
Bibliography: Paulson 230
Associated People: After William Hogarth (British (English), 1697-1764), Engraved by Bernard Baron (French, 1696 - ca. 1766)
Accession Number: 1943.D1.106.3

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