Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate III, William Hogarth, circa 1833

Copy of "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; after hogarth. C. 1833 etching and engraving. Date: circa 1833. Dimensions: Height: 199 mm (trimmed); Width: 222 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate III (BM 1861,1214.9)