Description

View of the Elephant Inn

View of London Stone

'All the world's a stage

In the lower margin is a vignette of Bridewell Palace in 1540

Marriage a la mode; plate I Size:L: 100 x 80cm View of the Elephant Inn'Marriage a la mode', 1745; plate I. The impoverished Lord Squanderfield has arranged a marriage between his son and the daughter of a wealthy alderman and merchant. Lord Squanderfield points to his family tree to emphasize his noble lineage. On the opposite side of the room his son sits taking snuff and looking with vanity into an adjacent mirror.

Exchange/Return Notes