[The sleeping congregation] [graphic]

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Title: [The sleeping congregation] [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist, publisher.
Published / Created: [26 October 1736]
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 and state from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Price one shilling."
Ms. pencil note in Steevens hand above print: 1st Impression.
On page 81 in volume 1. Trimmed to: 264 x 207 mm.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 265 x 208 mm
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1736
Etchings England London 1736
Engravings England London 1736
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Clergy
Lust
Preaching
Religion
Religious services
Sleeping
Subjects: Clergy
Lust
Preaching
Religion
Religious services
Sleeping
England > 1736
England > London > 1736
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership

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