Marriage a la mode; plate I stockjobber Bird's-eye view of Guy's Hospital

Bird's-eye view of Guy's Hospital

diplomat and scientist during the reign of Charles I

View of the courtyard of the Blue Boar Inn

a look that would have been achieved by wearing lots of petticoats and a crinoline

Marriage a la mode; plate I stockjobber Bird's-eye view of Guy's Hospital'Marriage a la mode', 1745; plate I. The impoverished Lord Squanderfield has arranged a marriage between his son and the daughter of a wealthy alderman and merchant. Lord Squanderfield points to his family tree to emphasize his noble lineage. On the opposite side of the room his son sits taking snuff and looking with vanity into an adjacent mirror.