Conversation so far:
What does marriage a la mode mean?
marriage a la mode is fashionable wedding in French.
Was William Hogarth's marriage a la mode a popular piece?
Marriage A-la-Mode was not received as well as his other moral tales, and when they were finally sold in 1751, it was for much less than Hogarth hoped.

Question: Did he receive any recogniziton?
Self-contained rewrite: Did William Hogarth receive any recogniziton?