Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate III, William Hogarth, 1745

"the inspection" (after the painting in the national gallery); interior of a dispensary where the viscount has brought his child-mistress to visit m. De la pillule whose remedy has not cured her venereal disease; a large, well-dressed woman (perhaps a procuress) looks angrily at the young man and opens a knife, while the quack polishes his glasses; the room contains numerous medical and scientific objects, including machines for straightening shoulders and for drawing corks, a dried crocodile, a narwhal's tusk, and two mummies. 1745 etching and engraving. Date: 1745. Dimensions: Height: 386 mm (plate mark); Height: 429 mm (sheet); Width: 462 mm (plate mark); Width: 506 mm (sheet). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate III (BM 1868,0822.1562)