Conversation so far:
what is marriage-a-la-mode?
Hogarth painted the six pictures of Marriage a-la-mode (National Gallery, London), a pointed skewering of upper-class 18th-century society.
what were the six pictures called?
The series, which is set in a Classical interior, shows the story of the fashionable marriage of Viscount Squanderfield.
who did viscount squanderfield marry?
the daughter of a wealthy but miserly city merchant, starting with the signing of a marriage contract at the Earl's mansion.

Question: what was the next step after the signing?
Self-contained rewrite: what was the William Hogarth's next step of  after the signing of a marriage contract at the Earl's mansion?