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Marriage A-la-Mode: 5. The Bagnio

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The painting on the back wall is of an idealised shepherdess with the face replaced with that of a well-known prostitute. Immediately below this painting is a pair of comic legs belonging to a character in the tapestry behind, but appearing to belong to the
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with his drawing board. Traditionally, St Luke is said to have painted the first religious icons, pictures of the Virgin Mary. The ox is a beast associated with St Luke, and he is classically depicted taking a dictation from an
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Silvertongue is in his nightshirt and is escaping through the window. Hogarth provides a fleeting glimpse of Silvertongue's genitalia to remind the viewer of the ridiculousness of the circumstances of the Countess's plea for
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Having burst in, the Earl has had a swordfight with Silvertongue. Silvertongue's sword is on the floor in the foreground and can be seen to be very bloody - the Earl has been run through twice and is dying from his
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The young Earl has followed them and has clearly burst into the room as the staple of the door lock has been ripped out and thrown onto the floor where it can be seen along with the door key.
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The overturned piece of furniture (this time a table) seen in the bottom left corner is a device often used by Hogarth to indicate disagreement and discordance.
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The Earl's head is framed by the mirror on the back wall, a reference to the first scene where the then young Viscount is seen admiring himself in a mirror.
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The new Earl catches his wife with her lover, Silvertongue, and is fatally wounded by the scoundrel who makes his escape through the window.
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The Countess and Silvertongue have retired to the Turk's Head after the masquerade. On the floor can be seen their masques and fancy dress.
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Silvertongue took unfair advantage of his opponent, fighting with the light from the fireplace behind him and in the Earl's eyes.
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The noise of the fight has awakened the master of the house who appears through the door to the right with the Watch.
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69.9 cm × 90.8 cm (27.5 in × 35.7 in)
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is the fifth canvas in the series of six satirical paintings known as
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The bed is unmade so clearly the Earl has found the couple in bed.
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This episode takes place in the Turk's Head Bagnio in
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Marriage à-la-mode: 5. The Bagnio

William Hogarth
Oil on canvas
National Gallery
London
Marriage A-la-Mode
William Hogarth
Bow Street
Covent Garden
Bagnio
coffee house
Turkish baths
Judgment of Solomon
St Luke
mercury
syphilis
List of works by William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode: 1. The Marriage Settlement
Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tête à Tête
Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection
Marriage A-la-Mode: 4. The Toilette
Marriage A-la-Mode: 6. The Lady's Death
National Gallery
The Literary Encyclopedia
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William Hogarth
List of works

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