Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête

The Tête à Tête is the second canvas in the series of six satirical paintings known as Marriage à-la-mode, painted by William Hogarth. The painting is the sparsest in terms of characters present, with only 4: While the details are not always settled upon (the time of the day is one of the most disputed questions in the entire series), the primary implication is clear: The two are totally uninterested in each other, and the marriage and the househ... more

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William Hogarth

William Hogarth (10 November, 1697 – 26 October, 1764) was a major English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures...

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