Marriage a la mode; plate I stockjobber a look that would have

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

View of the courtyard of the Blue Boar Inn

Bird's-eye view of Guy's Hospital

A cherry seller

Watercress seller with a basket on his arm

Marriage a la mode; plate I stockjobber a look that would have'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.