Satire of a witch carrying two Scotsmen on a broomstick from Edinburgh to London, the thistle being an emblemic reference to Scotland and the crown, to England. The coat of arms engraved at top of image with quote from Hopkins Junr. on left and Joel C...
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792,, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, and Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Medical equipment & supplies, Quacks, and Vomiting
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
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 y...
Description:
Title and state from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Lust, Preaching, Religion, Religious services, and Sleeping
