Credulity, superstition, and fanaticism a medley / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Credulity, superstition, and fanaticism a medley / [graphic]
- Creator
- Mills, Isaac, 1770-1857, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- published March 1798.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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Copy of Hogarth print: 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
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Text above image: Present state of the plate in the possession of Messrs. Boydell.
"Page 233"--Upper right corner.
Plate prepared for: Ireland, J. Supplement to Hogarth Illustrated, 1798, p. 232.
Quotation below title: 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.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Reduced copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1787
Reduced copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 210
On page 191 in volume 2. - 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 : plate mark x cm, on sheet x cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798 - Material
- etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1798
England > London > 1798
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > 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
- 12822557
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194172
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