Name: Antique Master Print-QUACK DOCTER-CURIOSITY CABINET-ALCHEMIST-Baron-Hogarth-1745
SKU: PICTURA-11748
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Antique Master Print-QUACK DOCTER-CURIOSITY CABINET-ALCHEMIST-Baron-Hogarth-1745

€695.00

‘MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE (PLATE III). ? PRINTED & PUBLISHED BY WM. HOGARTH. ACCORDING TO THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT, APRIL 1ST, 1745.’

– Interior scene of a quack doctor’s cabinet filled with bizarre medical and anatomical objects in his curiosity cabinet. The Viscount’s wife seeks help for her sickly child, while a flamboyant doctor examines the boy. Satirical critique of vanity and pseudo-science.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 46 x 38.5 cm (18.11 x 15.16 inch). Image size: 46 x 38.5 cm. (18.11 x 15.16 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, soiling and creasing. Some dampstaining in margins. Ghosting from previous framing/matting. Some surface damge at top left margin. Small tear at left bottom area, backed and barely noticable. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HOGARTH, MARRIAGE ? LA MODE, SATIRE, 18TH CENTURY, BERNARD BARON, PSEUDO-SCIENCE, ETCHING, ENGRAVING | PCO-EXPO-158-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Plate 3 from “Marriage a la Mode” series by William Hogarth. Etched and engraved by Bernard Baron.

Reference: Paulson 1965, no. 230.

Biography engraver: Bernard Baron (1696-1762) was a French engraver who settled in England and became one of the leading reproductive engravers of his time. He is especially known for his prints after works by Hogarth and other English masters.

Biography artist: William Hogarth (1697-1764) was a major English painter, printmaker, and satirist. He is celebrated for his narrative series like “A Rake’s Progress” and “Marriage ? la Mode”, which offer biting commentary on 18th-century British society.