Object Number 1969.2776

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

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

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin II (Engraver)
1698-c.1755

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, beneath image; Engraved by G. Scotin ___
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Invented Painted & Published by W.\m Hogarth.

Subjects

Genre scene; Medical; Apothecary; Pharmacy

Materials

Ink; Paper

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

15.1 (H) , 18.3 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 17.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

38.3 (H) , 46.6 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 17.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Unable to determine platemark. H at left. W at bottom.

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. State II is with letters while state III with the lower folds of the table cloth scored and additional folds added to the merchant's coat.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Paulson, Ronald. 1965 Hogarth's Graphic Works. 1.
• Print listed as cat. no. 233, pp. 274-275; illustrated as plate no. 273.