Credulity, superstition and fanaticism a medley / [graphic]

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Title: Credulity, superstition and fanaticism a medley / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Enthusiasm delineated
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: publish'd according to act directs March [the] 15th 1762.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
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
Description: 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".
Provenance: Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 43.6 x 32.9 cm, on sheet 46.3 x 35.7 cm
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Sotheby 80+ Box 200
Collection Title: Plate 83. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764]

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Engravings England London 1762
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Toft, Mary, 1703-1763
Villiers, George, 1690-1748.
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770
Subject (Topic): Christianity
Superstition
Demonology
Demons
Ghosts
Rabbits
Witches
Sleeping
Supervisors
Subjects: Toft, Mary, 1703-1763 > Caricatures and cartoons
Villiers, George, 1690-1748
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770 > Caricatures and cartoons
Christianity
Superstition
Demonology
Demons
Ghosts
Rabbits
Witches
Sleeping
Supervisors
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership

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