Title

'Marriage A-la-Mode: 5. The Bagnio', c1743. Artist: William Hogarth

Caption

'Marriage A-la-Mode: 5. The Bagnio', c1743. A bagnio, originally a coffee houses which offered Turkish baths, later meant a place where rooms could be rented with no questions asked. The Countess pleads for forgiveness at the feet of the Earl who is dying from a wound inflicted by Silvertongue, seen escaping through the window.

Date

1743

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B87_303

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,5Mb) / 15,9in x 12,2in / 4780 x 3653 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people male interior indoors man men marriage law escape window guy blood crime weapon weapons color colour KILLER dramatic death police war century forgiveness sword inside criminal murder wound swords lady concept affair injured injury DUEL slaughter pleading escaping wounded murderer warfare remorse weaponry aristocracy aristocrat 18th century Eighteenth Century Art Media bagnio constable countess earl Marriage a la Mode murdering Silvertongue slaughtering Turk's Head satire William Hogarth W Hogarth Marriage A-la-Mode Hogarth William satire