2-704-402 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Marriage A La Mode - Death of the Earl', 1745, (1830s). Silvertongue has escorted the countess to the Turk's Head bagnio. Her husband the Earl follows. Silvertongue shoots him dead in a duel and escapes through the window as a constable and the watch enter. In the foreground is the evidence of the tryst - hastily removed clothing, stays and shoes. [Jones & Co., Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London]