Enthusiasm delineated [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Enthusiasm delineated [graphic]
- Creator
- Mills, Isaac, 1770-1857, printmaker
- Contributor
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Ireland, John, -1808, publisher. - Published / Created
- [12 November 1795]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published Novr. 12th, 1795 by John Ireland, No. 3 Poets Corner, Palace Yard, Wesminster
- Abstract
-
Copy of Hogarth's print; interior of a chapel with an impassioned preacher inspiring his listeners who include a woman swooning on the floor and a young couple embracing; many of the congregation are clutching figures of Christ; a barking dog with a collar labelled "Whitfield" echoes the preacher. In the lower right corner, an image of a cross-section of brain, labeled below frame "A Methodist's brain"
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Lettered above the image with text beginning: Hogarth's first thought for the medley. Copied from a very curious print designed and engraved by Hogarth, of which there are only two impressions, both of them in the possession of John Ireland. March 15th 1796. [Image of hand with pointing finger]. After taking the above impressions, Hogarth changed the point of his satire from the superstitious absurdities of popery and ridiculous personification delineated by ancient painters, to the popular credulities of his own day, erased or essentially altered every figure except two, and on the same piece of copper engraved the plate now in the possession of Messrs. Boydell, entitled Credulity, superstition & fanaticism, a medley.
Dedication etched either side of title: Humbly dedicated to his Grace the Arch Bishop of Canterbury, by his Graces most obedient humble servant Wm. Hogarth.
Text following dedication: Advertisement. The intention of this print, is to give a lineal representation, of the strange effects of literal and low conceptions of sacred beings, as also of the idolatrous tendency of pictures in churches, and prints in religious books, &c.
Legend to the left of the title: A. After Raphael Urbino. B. After Rubens. C. After Rembrant. D.E.F.G.H. Are imitations of several other painters.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, no. 2425.
Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 210. - Provenance
- Purchased with a copy of the prospectus from Bogislav Winner (LWL 75 H67 S795Ir); September 2022.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 47.9 x 38 cm, on sheet 50.5 x 40cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Edition
- Proof.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 795.11.12.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Toft, Mary, 1703-1763
Villiers, George, 1690-1748.
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770 - Subject (Topic)
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Christianity
Superstition
Demonology
Demons
Ghosts
Witches
Sleeping
Supervisors - Subjects
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Toft, Mary, 1703-1763 > Caricatures and cartoons
Villiers, George, 1690-1748
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770 > Caricatures and cartoons
Christianity
Superstition
Demonology
Demons
Ghosts
Witches
Sleeping
Supervisors
18th century
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16474477
- Object ID (OID)
- 33114361