[The sleeping congregation] [graphic] / invented, engraved & published October 26: 1736 by Wm. Hogarth pursuant to an act of Parliament.

Creator:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.

Edition:

[State 1].

Published/Created:

[London] :
[Wm. Hogarth],
[26 October 1736]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching and engraving, on laid paper ; sheet 265 x 208 mm

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Notes:

Title and state from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
CtY-LW
"Price one shilling."

Abstract:

The scene is the interior of a perpendicular Gothic church. The sand in the hourglass has run out, but the preacher continues to lecture, oblivious to the fact that his congregation has fallen asleep. The clerk below the pulpit eyes the bosom of the young woman sleeping in the lower right, fan in one hand and a book open to "... of Matrimony" about to slip from her fingers.

Topics:

Clergy.
Lust.
Preaching.
Religion.
Religious services.
Sleeping.

Topics:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist, publisher.
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird,--Baron,--1780-1826--Ownership.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership.

Language:

English

Genre:

Engravings--England--London--1736.
Etchings--England--London--1736.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1736.

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:

736.10.26.01.1
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Kinnaird 51K(a) Box 105

Orbis Record:

9294424

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr26135a

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2285
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 140

OID:

16193952

PID:

digcoll:4048435