[The sleeping congregation] [graphic]

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: 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.
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.5 x 20.9 cm, on sheet 35.5 x 25.8 cm.
Mounted on leaf 46 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Provenance: Gift of Richard Greenberg; May 2015.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English