Marriage à la Mode

William Hogarth

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white engraving of a sitting room. The room has a large window on the left with a half-drawn curtain. Outside the window is a city scene. The walls are covered in framed artwork. There are six people and two dogs. A man sits on the left with a cane resting against his chair. He holds a shield. The man on the right holds a fiddle. Between them are two more men and a woman around a small table with cards and a lit candle. A woman sits on a couch to the right with another man. The couch has a dog lying at its base and another sitting beside it. The room has a bed on the left with a crown on top. The bottom of the engraving reads "Marriage A-la-Mode".