Marriage-a-la Mode, after William Hogarth. A set of six copper-engraved prints
1803 edition engraved by Thomas Cook from William Hogarth's original designs.
Marriage-a-la Mode is the story is of a marriage arranged by two self-seeking fathers – a spendthrift nobleman who needs cash and a wealthy City of London merchant who wants to buy into the aristocracy. It was Hogarth’s first moralising series of what he called ‘modern moral subjects’.
£2,200 the set of six
In stock
Framed in black with a gold slip.