Copy of "the bagnio" (after the painting by hogarth 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 left as watchmen enter to right; the floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays; illustration to 'the london journal' (september 20, 1848). Wood-engraving. Date: 1848. Dimensions: Height: 367 mm (border); Width: 351 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V (BM 1857,0214.238)
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