Hogarth painting. "Marriage A-la-Mode: 6, The Lady's Death" by William Hogarth (1697-1764), oil on canvas,

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This is the final scene of Hogarth’s series of six paintings, Marriage A-la-Mode. The wretched Countess, dogged by the scandal following Silvertongue’s arrest, trial and sentence to death for the murder of her husband the Earl, has returned to her father’s house in the City of London. On receiving news that Silvertongue has been hanged at Tyburn, the Countess has drunk laudanum; the bottle lies empty on the floor. An old nurse lifts the Countess’s child – deformed by congenital syphilis – to kiss her goodbye. The penny-pinching Alderman removes a ring from his daughter’s finger rather than offering comfort as she takes her final breaths.

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Size: 6496px × 4937px
Photo credit: © IanDagnall Computing / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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