Object Number 1969.2775

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Marriage - A - la - Mode, (Plate IV)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Simon Francois Ravenet (Engraver)
1706/21-1774

William Hogarth (Painter and publisher)
1697-10/26/1764

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

April 1 1745 (1745-1745)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Engraved by S. Ravenet
2. Inscription; Lower left; Invented Painted & Published by W.\m Hogarth

Subjects

Genre scene

Materials

Ink; Paper

Techniques

Engraved, Etched

Dimensions (inches)

15.4 (H) , 18.7 (W) , 14.6 (Image H) , 17.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

39 (H) , 47.4 (W) , 14.6 (Image H) , 17.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 15.2 in. (38.6 cm). Plate W: 18.5 in. (47 cm).

Publisher Summary

Hogarth, William

Publication Date

04/01/1745

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II or III

Edition Notes

From the series painted and published by William Hogarth, Marriage a la Mode, (six plates), 1745. Probably State II, with the printed inscription. State III has added cross-hatching on the curtains, frames, and shadows.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Paulson, Ronald. 1970 Hogarth's Graphic Works. 1.
• See pp.272-273, no.231.