17. The Original Bridgerton - William Hogarth's Marriage A-La-Mode

Jo's Art History Podcast

It’s Episode 17 and if you, like the rest of the world, have fallen in love with Bridgerton - THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU.

Join me as I take you on an in-depth tour of the first ever depiction of a Bridgerton style marriage drama series in the form of William Hogarth’s Marriage A-la-Mode.

This six part series has it all!!

Love, loss, money and betrayal!

It’s very messy with a very serious warning - when you marry for anything other than love, no good can come of it.

Let me introduce you to Hogarth’s characters of Earl Squander-field, the slippery Silver-tongue lawyer and the beautiful, yet not so innocent, Countess Squander-field!

This series is jam packed full of clues and symbols which tell the viewer the story behind the canvas. And I mean it when I say jam packed.

So, who is the innocent party? Are these two victims of their father’s plans or does this series stand as a warning to all who marry for money and not love?

Host:

Jo McLaughlin

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Khan Academy Video:

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/reformation-counter-reformation/v/william-hogarth-s-marriage-a-la-mode-c-1743

Join the Culture London Lecture on the series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW-nNj6KFGw

William Hogarth - One Man and His Pug - there is a reference to Marriage A La Mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOMO7ugELaA&t=763s

A great mini series made for BBC four.

Hogarth at the National Gallery Catalogue:

https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/books/judy-egerton/hogarth-s-marriage-a-la-mode/9781857091762?gclid=CjwKCAiA9bmABhBbEiwASb35V8VLICgxvSnKuGt_byRvmrplX2lUmbmnLgs527C767zeYY3H7Nm2TxoCazAQAvD_BwE

National Gallery Marriage A La Mode - Series description:

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/william-hogarth-marriage-a-la-mode-1-the-marriage-settlement

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