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Marriage à la Mode (Plate IV)
174518th century
383 x 465 mm (15.1 x 18.3 in.)
After William Hogarth, British (English), (1697–1764)
Engraved by Simon Francis Ravenet the Elder, aka Simon-François Ravenet, French, (1706–1774)
- marriage
- satire - Artistic device holding up human folly and vice to scorn, derision, or ridicule. [November 1994 scope note added; related term added; alternate term added. May 1994 related term added.]
- social satire
- plate Dimensions: 383 x 465 mm (15.1 x 18.3 in.)
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William Hogarth, British (English), (1697–1764) Simon Francis Ravenet the Elder, aka Simon-François Ravenet, French, (1706–1774) . Marriage à la Mode (Plate IV), 1745. From Marriage à la Mode. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Second of three states. plate : 383 x 465 mm (15.1 x 18.3 in.). DAC accession number 1943.D1.106.4. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1943. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .