Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V, William Hogarth, 1823

Copy of "the bagnio" (after the painting in the national gallery); a bedroom in a brothel where the earl falls dying after being struck with a sword by silvertongue whom he has surprised with the countess; the lawyer escapes through the window to right as watchmen enter to left; the floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays; after hogarth; illustration for john young's 'catalogue of the celebrated collection of pictures of. John julius angerstein'. 1823 etching and engraving. Date: 1823. Dimensions: Height: 227 mm (trimmed); Width: 291 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: John Young. Collection: British Museum. Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V (BM 1860,1208.128)