Marriage a la mode; plate I miserable View of the Angel Inn

View of the Angel Inn and shops on Farringdon Street

The centre woman's dress has a very full skirt at the back

Ballad singers reciting songs or poems in the street

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A chair mender sitting outside a house working on a seat

Marriage a la mode; plate I miserable View of the Angel Inn'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.