The Bagnio from Marriage a la Mode, Plate V

Print

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

The Bagnio from Marriage a la Mode, Plate V

Entry/Object ID

2001.10.05.05

Description

Lord Squanderfield is leaning against a table in the center or a shabby room, clutching a table with his head tilted back. His wife wearing a nightdress kneels at his feet, her hands clasped. Three men are entering the room and a fourth in a nightdress is sneaking out the window. There are two swords lying on the floor, clothes strewn, and an overturned chair.

Type of Print

Engraving, Etching

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, ink

Acquisition

Accession

2001.10

Source or Donor

William A. McGill

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of William A. McGill

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

William Hogarth

Role

Artist

Artist

Simon François Ravenet I

Role

Engraver

Date made

1745

Time Period

18th Century

Place

City

London, England

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Below image

Transcription

Invented Painted & Published by Wm. Hogarth/According to Act of Parliament April 1st 1745

Language

English

Material/Technique

Engraved, Ink

Type

Inscription

Location

Center, below image

Transcription

Marriage A-la-Mode, (Plate V)

Language

English

Material/Technique

Engraved, Ink

Type

Inscription

Location

Lower left, below image

Transcription

Engraved by R. F. Ravenet

Language

English

Material/Technique

Engraved, Ink

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Engraving

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

24 x 26

Height

14-1/2 in

Width

17-1/2 in

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Source Notes

Role

Information provided by source.

Notes

William McGill, West Lafayette, Indiana; donated to Purdue University Galleries in 2001

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

"Marriage à la Mode, Plate 5 William Hogarth, English, 1697-1764 Engraving Gift of Prof. William A. McGill, 2001.10.05.05 “Hearing of the lawyer's and Countess's assignation, the young Earl has come to their dreary meeting place, challenged the councilor to a duel and died in the defense of a virtue which he neither honored nor valued in a woman he did not love. From a masquerade, the couple have gone to the Turks Head bagnio (a paper with a Turk's head and the words The Bagnio lies by the woman's underwear). Undressing hastily, they have gone to bed but have been surprised before the end of the night. In the ensuing fight, the Earl is killed and, as the horrified landlord and watch enter, the lawyer flees in his shirt, abandoning his mistress to the police and her dying spouse. She kneels in tears to beg his forgiveness. The eerie lighting from the fire, the shadows from the tongs and the sword, the scattered undergarments and the grinning masks (prophetic death masks) give a grotesque atmosphere to the scene. The tapestry on the main wall depicts in a caricatured manner the judgment of Solomon. The portrait of the prostitute with a squirrel in her hand is satirized by the appearance of a soldier's legs beneath it. Above the door St. Luke, patron of artists, seems to record the scene in amazement.” From Sean Shesgreen, Engravings by Hogarth"