Marriage a la mode
Engraver: Thomas Edward Nicholson (1804-1851).
After: William Hogarth (1697-1764).
Image size: 14x11,5 cms.
Paper size: 22,5x30,2 cms.
Description: Copy of "The Bagnio" (after the painting in the National Gallery); a bedroom in a brothel where the earl falls dying after being struck with a sword by Silvertongue whom he has surprised with the countess; the lawyer escapes through the window to right as watchmen enter to left; the floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays.
Inscription content: Lettered below image with title, followed by 'Death of the Earl.' and 'From the Original Picture by Hogarth.', and production details: 'Engraved by T. E. Nicholson. / Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London.
Provenance: illustration to 'The Complete Works of William Hogarth' by John Trusler.
Production date:1833.
Condition: good.