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The marriage settlement
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
35.2 × 43.9 cm (image) 38.5 × 46.2 cm (plate) 38.8 × 46.7 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 158 v/viii; BM Satires 2688
Edition
5th of 8 states
Printing/Publishing
published by William Hogarth, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Invented Painted & Published by W.m (m in superscript above . ) Hogarth
printed in ink l.r.: Engraved by G. Scotin / According to Act of Parliament April 1.st (st in superscript above . ) 1745
printed in ink l.c.: Marriage-A-la-Mode, (Plate I)
Accession Number
780-2
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1917
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
couples dog (species) genealogies (histories) marriage (social construct) nobility reproductive prints vanity (philosophical concept)