Interior with the Countess Dying in a chair, Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin (II), After William Hogarth, 1745 print At the feet of the countess is a news article stating that Silvertongue is hung up for killing her husband. Her young child is lifted by an old woman to give her one last kiss. The child has syphilis, on the dark spot in her face and the splint around her leg. The father of the countess removes her wedding ring. A pharmacist grabs a servant at his collar and points to a bottle of Laudanum with which the Countess has committed suicide. On the right a doctor leaves the room. On the le
Interior with the Countess Dying in a chair, Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin (II), After William Hogarth, 1745 print At the feet of the countess is a news article stating that Silvertongue is hung up for killing her husband. Her young child is lifted by an old woman to give her one last kiss. The child has syphilis, on the dark spot in her face and the splint around her leg. The father of the countess removes her wedding ring. A pharmacist grabs a servant at his collar and points to a bottle of Laudanum with which the Countess has committed suicide. On the right a doctor leaves the room. On the left, a lean dog eats a pork head of a plate on the table and is a fallen chair. London paper etching death of an adult person. seeking death, suicide. violent death by poison. wedding ring. pharmacist, druggist, apothecary; pharmacy, drugstore, dispensing chemist. dog. satire on marriage London
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