Shown is the interior of a dispensary where the viscount has brought his child-mistress to visit M. de la Pillule whose remedy has not cured her venereal disease; a large, well-dressed woman (perhaps a procuress) looks angrily at the young man and opens a knife, while the quack polishes his glasses.
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item.
Paulson: 160
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Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Paulson, Ronald. "Hogarth's Graphic Works." The Print Room, 1989, London.
Notes (object):
The third plate of the Marriage A-la-Mode series. Plate based on "The Inspection," a painting by Hogarth. Third state. The sole on the young man's right shoe has been lightened - the cross lines in the first state are reduced to single lines.
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