The Duel, Plate V from marriage a la mode by William Hogarth (1697 – 1764). English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist. Silvertongue and the Countess have been surprised by the Earl, while making love at the Turk's Head Bagnio. Silvertongue has killed the Earl in the ensuing duel and is escaping through the window in his night shirt, while the dying Earl crumples against a table and the innkeeper and watch burst in through the door. The young wife kneels barefoot on the floor, clasping her hands in penitence

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