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

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image #17- 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 III

DateApril/June 1745

MediumEngraving and etching on laid paper, state I/III

DimensionsPlate: 15 1/4 × 18 3/8 in. (38.7 × 46.7 cm)
Sheet: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Julie T. Dokell

Object number2014.907.17

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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, lower center, below image: Marriage A-la-Mode, (Plate III)
Recto, lower right, below image: Engraved by B. Baron / According to Act of Parliament April [...] 1745

Catalogue raisonnéPaulson 160 [230]

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