William Hogarth
Marriage-a-la-Mode, Plate I

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image #15- shot by Jennifer Levy with copystand camera

Artist William Hogarth (English, 1697–1764)English, 1697–1764

CultureEnglish

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Marriage-a-la-Mode, Plate I

DateApril/June 1745

MediumEngraving and etching on laid paper, state V/VIII

DimensionsPlate: 15 1/8 × 18 1/4 in. (38.4 × 46.4 cm)
Sheet: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Julie T. Dokell

Object number2014.907.15

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Provenance[Spencer A. Samuels and Company, New York, by 1984]; Edward Joseph Hudson, New York, 1984-mid-late 1980s; given to Julie T. Dokell, Houston, mid-late 1980s-2014; given to MFAH, by 2014.
Exhibition History"The Rowdy London of William Hogarth: Engravings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 11—April 1, 1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto, lower left, below image: Invented Painted & Published by Wm. Hogarth
Recto, center, below image: Marriage A-la-Mode, (Plate 1)
Recto, lower right, below image: Engraved by G. [...] / According to Act of Parliament April [...] 1745

Catalogue raisonnéPaulson 158 [228]

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