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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1829
People
Designed, created and commissioned by William Hogarth, British (London 1697 - 1764 London)
Engraving assisted by Louis Gérard Scotin, French (1690 - after 1745)
Title
The Marriage Contract
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Marriage à la Mode
Alternate Title: Marriage à la Mode, Plate 1.
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1745
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256252

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
38.5 x 46.2 cm (15 3/16 x 18 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Hogarth's painting of this
    --- is in the Vernon Gallery
    Magen T--------- Ip 363

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/vii
Standard Reference Number
P. 228, BM Sat. 2688

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1829
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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