'Marriage A-la-Mode' By William Hogarth

Satirical artist William Hogarth drew ordinary, flawed people. He told stories "bawdy and violent, appealing and grim" and held up a steady mirror to the worst aspects of London life. Hogarth was born on this day in 1697

William Hogarth saw in his fellow men and women all the drama and sadness of humanity

Artist William Hogarth was born on November 10th 1697

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à la mode - Wiktionary

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/à_la_mode

English[edit]. Etymology[edit]. Borrowing from French à la mode (“in the style”). 

National Gallery

'Marriage A-la-Mode' was the first of William Hogarth's series of engravings that took the upper echelons of society as its subject. Here is the final scene, 'The Lady's Death': http://bit.ly/1WKl0Y1