The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, 1729, Oil on canvas, 50 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (128. 3 x 102. 9 cm), Paintings, William Hogarth (British, London 1697?1764 London), This wedding group is one of the artist's first essays in what was to become the fashionable genre of the conversation piece. Beckingham, a London lawyer, and his bride are flanked by members of their families