Marriage a la mode; plate I miserable The centre woman's dress has

The centre woman's dress has a very full skirt at the back

Ballad singers reciting songs or poems in the street

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View of All Hallows the Great

In the foreground two equestrian gentlemen proceed from the right

Marriage a la mode; plate I miserable The centre woman's dress has'Marriage a la mode', 1745; plate I. The impoverished Lord Squanderfield has arranged a marriage between his son and the daughter of a wealthy alderman and merchant. Lord Squanderfield points to his family tree to emphasize his noble lineage. On the opposite side of the room his son sits taking snuff and looking with vanity into an adjacent mirror.