Marriage a la mode (Plate III)
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Alternate Title(s):
- Marriage a la mode (Plate III). Visit to the Quack Doctor
- Author(s):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
- Contributor(s):
- Baron, B.
- Publication:
- [London] : William Hogarth, 1745
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Quackery
- Abstract:
- Third in series of six engravings depicting the dissolution of a marriage conceived of greed and vanity. In this scene, the husband, having contracted venereal disease, accompanied by his grieving mistress, visits a quack doctor (identified by John Misaubin) and female accomplice. Icons of death, such as skulls, skeletons, anatomical dissections, surround the figures.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 print : 36 x 45 cm.
- Technique:
- engraving
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101394135 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A024137
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101394135