Marriage A-la-Mode (Hogarth)
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Marriage A-la-Mode is a series of six pictures painted by William Hogarth between 1743 and 1745, intended as a pointed skewering of 18th-century society. They show the disastrous results of an ill-con
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1. The Marriage Settlement
2. The Tête à Tête
3. The Inspection
The Tête à Tête is the second canvas in the series of six satirical paintings known as Marriage A-la-Mode, painted by William Hogarth.
Marriage A-la-Mode (Hogarth)
…the faces on the walls appear to have misgivings. Two dogs chained to each other in the corner mirror the situation of the young couple. In the second, The Tête à Tête (the name on its frame: Shortly after the marriage), there are signs that the marriage has already begun to break down. The husband and wife appear…
Portrait of Francis Hayman by Sir Joshua Reynolds.