The sleeping congregation

The sleeping congregation

Item Information

Title:
The sleeping congregation
Description:
Interior of a church where the congregation sleeps as the clergyman reads from the gospel and the clerk eyes the exposed bosom of a young woman asleep on the right.
Artist:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Publisher:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Name on Item:
Invented Engraved & Published October 26 1736 by Wm. Hogarth
Date:
April 21, 1762
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Engravings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints
Subjects:
Religious services
Sleeping
Churches
Extent:
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 27 x 21 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5138jt214
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
W. Hogarth
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Paulson: 140
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Paulson, Ronald. "Hogarth's Graphic Works." The Print Room, 1989, London.
Notes (object):
Fourth state. Inscription added which extends up the right margin: Retouched & Improved April 21, 1762 by the author.
Identifier:
18_06_000051
W. 3480 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666003800857