[The sleeping congregation] [graphic]
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Description
- 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
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Title and state from Paulson.
Third state with motto added, under royal arms: [Dieu] et mon droit. Also the pipe has been removed from the angel's mouth and cracks added in the wall on which the angel is painted. The clerk's hair has been redrawn and lightened again. The triangle has been given a second outline.
"Price one shilling."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of price.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: 2nd impression.
On page 81 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: - 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 26 x 21 cm
- Edition
- [State 3].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Leaf 46. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Collection Date
- [England], [not after 1753]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1736
Etchings England London 1736
Engravings England London 1736 - Material
- etching and engraving ;
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clergy
Lust
Preaching
Religion
Religious services
Sleeping - Subjects
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Clergy
Lust
Preaching
Religion
Religious services
Sleeping
England > 1736
England > London > 1736
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Greenberg, Richard > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12626648
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193953
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