Original antique engraving with the death of the earl, the fifth scene of William Hogarth's celebrated moral series "Marriage à la Mode" in the National Gallery: the earl falls wounded in the bedchamber while the countess kneels before him, the lawyer escapes through the window and the watch comes in with a lantern.
Original antique engraving with the death of the earl, the fifth scene of William Hogarth's celebrated moral series "Marriage à la Mode" in the National Gallery: the earl falls wounded in the bedchamber while the countess kneels before him, the lawyer escapes through the window and the watch comes in with a lantern.
Engraved by Thomas Edward Nicholson (1804-1851) for The Complete Works of William Hogarth, with the commentary of John Trusler, published in London by Jones & Co., Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, in 1833.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: after William Hogarth (1697-1764)
Engraver / lithographer: Thomas Edward Nicholson (1804-1851)
Date: 1833
Source: The Complete Works of William Hogarth, by John Trusler; Jones & Co., London
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.5 x 4.5 in (14 x 11.5 cm); sheet 8.9 x 11.9 in (22.5 x 30.2 cm)
Condition: Good condition; paper with slight toning and an isolated oxidation spot in the margins, outside the image.