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The Bagnio is the fifth canvas in the series of six satirical paintings known as Marriage à-la-mode painted by William Hogarth.The new Earl catches his wife with her lover Silvertongue and is fatally wounded by the scoundrel who makes his escape through the window.This episode takes place in the Turk’s Head Bagnio in Bow Street Covent Garden identified by a bill on the floor by the upturned table on the left. The Turk’s Head actually existed and was kept by a Mrs Earl.
