Gallery›Wellcome Collection›The viscount sits despondent in a chair, his wife indicates tiredness by stretching her arms, while a disapproving steward exits carrying a handful of bills. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745
The viscount sits despondent in a chair, his wife indicates tiredness by stretching her arms, while a disapproving steward exits carrying a handful of bills. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745
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The viscount sits despondent in a chair, his wife indicates tiredness by stretching her arms, while a disapproving steward exits carrying a handful of bills. Engraving by B. Baron after W. Hogarth, 1745

William Hogarth

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Marriage-a-la-mode, (plate 2). invented painted & published by Wm. Hogaarth. engraved by B. Barn. according to act of parliament April 1st 1745.

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