The sleeping congregation [realia]

Description

Title: The sleeping congregation [realia]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Published / Created: [21 April 1762]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
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
Description: Title from caption below image.
One of only a handful of Hogarth's original plates that have survived, this plate shows the work of the artist over a period of years, from its creation in 1736 with the evidence of later changes made in 1762 as a more mature artist.
"Price one shilling."
Copper plate for print described in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 2285.
For a description of the prints from this copper plate see R. Paulson's: Hogarth's graphic works, no. 140.
Provenance: Bernard Quaritch; 1967.
Extent: 1 item : 257 x 195 mm.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Engravings England London 1762
Printing plates
Material: copper printing plate ;
Subjects: England > 1762
England > London > 1762
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Ownership

Access: Public
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