Title

'Marriage A La Mode - Breakfast Scene', c1832. Artist: TE Nicholson.

Caption

'Marriage A La Mode - Breakfast Scene', c1832. Marriage a-la-mode is a series of six pictures painted by William Hogarth between 1743 and 1745. They are a criticism of upper class 18th century society. Hogarth moralistises on the disastrous results of an ill-considered marriage for money and satirises patronage and aesthetics. The original paintings are held in the National Gallery, London.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1832

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C71_409

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

108,6Mb (6,7Mb) / 23,1in x 18,3in / 6924 x 5484 (300dpi)

Keywords

London female women woman people male interior indoors man men fashion marriage society day guy untidy mess messy room morning dress century gallery National Gallery breakfast inside lady concept time of day B&W dishevelled MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W a la mode UPPER CLASS nineteenth century patron The Print Collector social class engraving portrait William Hogarth Hogarth William W Hogarth TE Nicholson Nicholson TE William Hogarth engraving portrait