Talk:Marriage A-la-Mode (Hogarth)

message: Is this story fictitious? --Abdull 10:00, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe so. Cmyk 13:04, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: does anyone have any info on the saint sebastian painting on the wall in The Marriage Settlement???  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.187.186.142 (talk) 07:00, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Saint Sebastian painting in The Marriage Settlement 

message: Does this still meet the definition of a stub? Mdotley 18:12, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Still a stub? 

message: What's the fourth painting showing?--ML5 12:43, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They are not ‘guests’ they are servants and tradesmen who would not normally be so bold as to be seated in the presence of their ‘betters’ or eat with them. Note the coachman and his whip. The man in curl papers is a footman. It’s another sign of the deterioration of the marriage. The bride is too young and/or lazy to run a household, and like all nouveau riche, treats servants as friends. The earl is singing bawdy ballads with a hired flautist, and we must remember in what low esteem musicians were then held. Hogarth has made him an ugly, common fellow, not a gentleman like Handel or Dr Burney. The woman is dressed in a vulgar manner not suitable for a drawing room, she may even be a dairymaid having her first excited experience of such a place and is dancing with delight to the earl’s scabrous song.
By the way, the expression is ‘oblivious of’, not ‘oblivious to’, and the bride is not snubbing them, the presence of this mob is part of her usual household slovenliness. 2001:44B8:3102:BB00:9C4C:32CD:1D17:94F7 (talk) 20:02, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Fourth Painting 

message: How do they know her husband has been hanged at Tyburn? It isn't shown on the painting Bananas 13:36, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In the original painting, I'm sure you are able to read the headlines of the newspaper at the feet of the dead Countess and that refers to Tyburn. Also, the gallows at Tyburn were renounded (or is it "notorious"?) for having an unusual design - three vertical posts set in a triangle with three horizontal beams joining the tops. Such a gallows can be seen illustrated at the top of the newspaper on the floor. Hope that helps. Bt the way, it is only by reading this newspaper article in the original painting that we learn that the lawyer/lover is known as Councellor Silvertongue Rickedmo 01:28, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know about the painting, but in the engraving/print, it's very clearly the Tyburn tree and his last speech. 68.39.174.238 15:26, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sixth Painting 

message: The link for the word "Toilette" doesn't lead to any article. Prince.timotheus 17:34, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toilette 

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File: will be appearing as picture of the day on April 22, 2020. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2020-04-22. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:33, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The other five pictures in the series will appear as POTD over the next few months. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:35, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:{{Remove file prefix|Marriage A-la-Mode 1, The Marriage Settlement - William Hogarth.jpg}}]] to appear as POTD soon