Credulity, superstition and fanaticism [graphic] : a medley / design'd and engrav'd by Wm. Hogarth.
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.
- Edition:
- [State 3].
- Published/Created:
- [London] :
[Wm. Hogarth],
publish'd according to act directs March [the] 15th 1762. - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43.6 x 32.9 cm, on sheet 46.3 x 35.7 cm
- Notes:
- Title engraved below image.
State from Paulson. Reworking of Enthusiasm delineated.
With caption: "Believe not every Spirit; but try the Spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the World. 1. John. Ch.4. V.1". - Abstract:
- "The interior of a chapel with an impassioned preacher inspiring his listeners; considerably altered from the earlier state known as "Enthusiasm Delineated", for instance, by the substitution of representations of the Cock Lane Ghost (a topical reference to a fraud of 1762) for the figures of Christ, the removal of the barking dog, and the introduction of rabbits emerging from the skirts of the woman swooning on the floor in allusion to Mary Toft, the Rabbit Woman of Godlaming"--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- Enthusiasm delineated
- Topics:
- Christianity.
Demonology.
Demons.
Ghosts.
Rabbits.
Sleeping.
Superstition.
Supervisors.
Witches. - Topics:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Sotheby, Frederick Edward,--1837-1909--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership.
Toft, Mary,--1703-1763--Caricatures and cartoons.
Villiers, George,--1690-1748.
Whitefield, George,--1714-1770--Caricatures and cartoons. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Annotations (Provenance)--18th century.--CtY-LW
Engravings--England--London--1762.
Etchings--England--London--1762.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1762. - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 762.03.15.01.2+
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Sotheby 80+ Box 200 - Orbis Record:
- 10436820
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr26253a
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2896
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 210
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 209 - OID:
- 16194171
- PID:
- digcoll:4047259
