Marriage A-la-Mode (Hogarth)
Marriage A-la-Mode[1][fn 1] is a series of six pictures painted by William Hogarth between 1743 and 1745, intended as a pointed skewering of 18th-century society.They show the disastrous results of an ill-considered marriage for money or social status, and satirize patronage and aesthetics.In each piece, he shows the young couple and their family and acquaintances at their worst: engaging in affairs, drinking, gambling, and numerous other vices.The frames alone had cost Hogarth four guineas each, so his initial remuneration for painting this valuable series was only sixteen shillings over a hundred pounds.In May 1796 they were sold by auction at Christie's, Pall Mall for one thousand guineas to John Julius Angerstein.