Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate I (BM 1857,0228.64)

"The Marriage Settlement" (after the painting in the National Gallery); a grand interior where Earl Squander and a city merchant arrange the marriage of their son and daughter; the extravagantly dressed young man looks at his reflection in a glass while his future bride listens to the lawyer's soft words; through the window is a view of a palatial house under construction. 1745
Etching and engraving