In the 18th century, marital ethics was the topic of much debate in Britain. At that time, marriages were arranged for economic benefit rather than for love. For the painting, we can easily found the satire in painting that Hogarth painted. The satire is about a conventional marriage within the English upper class. The marriage contract describes a story of an arranged marriage between the daughter of a wealthy merchant and the son of a Lord Squanderfield. Hogarth did a lot of details about this painting. From Lord Squanderfield's action, we can found that he is pointing to his family tree to demonstrate the important bloodline of his family. From his face, it obviously shows he is not satisfied with the money on the table. Because through
