Marriage a la Mode, Plate V (The Death of the Earl or The Bagnio)

Date1745-1790

After work by William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)

Publisher William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)

Engraver Simon Francois Ravenet

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching

DimensionsOverall: 22 7/8 × 17 3/4in. (58.1 × 45.1cm) Other (Plate): 18 3/16 × 15 1/16in. (46.2 × 38.3cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1967-567,5

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V/ Invented Painted & Published by W.m Hogarth/ Engraved by R. F. Ravenet/ According to Act of Parliament April 1.st 1745"

Third state.
Label TextThe fifth print in William Hogarth's Marriage à la Mode takes place afterr the masquerade (alluded to in plate IV). The Countess and Silvertongue have taken a room at the Turks Head bagnio, their discarded costumes (a nun and a friar) and masks scattered on the floor. The Earl, having followed his wife and her lover, bursts in on them together and a duel between the two men ensues. This plate depicts the outcome – the Earl is mortally wounded and the Countess has fallen on her knees to beg forgiveness. Silvertongue flees half-clothed through the window just as the several men roused by the- commotion enter through the door.

For other prints in the set, see: 1967-567,1-1967-567,6