Marriage a la mode; plate I stockjobber View of Canonbury Tower

View of Canonbury Tower

Watercress seller with a basket on his arm

diplomat and scientist during the reign of Charles I

looking towards the City'

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

Marriage a la mode; plate I stockjobber View of Canonbury Tower'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.