Marriage a-la-Mode No. 2, Hogarth - Engraving by T. Clerk - 19th C.

Original 19th-century copper engraving of the second scene of William Hogarth's Marriage a-la-mode, the tete-a-tete: the newlyweds take breakfast after a night of dissipation, he slumped in his chair and she stretching, while the steward carries off the unpaid bills. Engraved by T. Clerk after Hogarth's original.

Lettered below: London, Published as the Act directs by Robert Scholey, 46 Paternoster Row, no. III.

Medium: Copper engraving
Artist / after: William Hogarth
Engraver: T. Clerk
Publisher: Robert Scholey, 46 Paternoster Row, London
Date: 19th Century
Dimensions: 9.3 x 5.3 in (23.5 x 13.5 cm)
Condition: Foxing scattered through the margins. The image itself is clean and well inked