be engraved, the painting is produced the "right way round" — not reversed, and then the engraver views it in a mirror as he undertakes the engraving. Hogarth was an engraver himself and disliked this method, so, unusually, he produced the paintings for Marriage à-la-mode already reversed so the engraver could directly copy them. Images are read from left to right, and Hogarth would have taken this into account when composing the original paintings. Naming Commentators have used a variety of names for the individual paintings, but as the paintings are presently in the National Gallery the names used there are used here. See also The Clandestine Marriage, a 1766 play inspired by Hogarth's series. Notes References Further reading The Other Hogarth, eds. Bernadette Fort and Angela Rosenthal, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Bomford, David and Roy, Ashok "Hogarth's 'Marriage à la Mode'" Technical Bulletin Volume 6, 1982 National Gallery External links The Literary Encyclopedia The six engravings (HD) with explanatory notes by John Nichols Paintings by William Hogarth 1745 paintings Collections of the National Gallery, London Painting series