Marriage a la Mode; plate IV Size:Standard: 6 x 4in with boats on the water

with boats on the water

View of Dr Samuel Johnson's house

the harlot's handsome young lover has cost her an easy life with her Jewish protector and she is now in a Drury Lane lodging house

she was the first wife of Jacob (later Israel) and the traditional ancestor of five of the 12 tribes of Israel

View of Somerset House on the Strand and the Adelphi beyond

Marriage a la Mode; plate IV Size:Standard: 6 x 4in with boats on the water'Marriage a la Mode', 1745; plate IV. The wife is in her boudoir talking with counsellor Silvertongue. She is now a countess and a mother but she is neglecting her child. A barber dresses her hair and a singer entertains. Symbols of extravagance are strewn all around.