The Sleepy Congregation (Primary Title)

William Hogarth, English, 1697 - 1764 (Artist)

1762
English
Works On Paper
Prints
engraving on heavy laid paper
Sheet (trimmed to plate line): 10 11/16 × 8 3/8 in. (27.15 × 21.27 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
35.1.102
Not on view
Printed beneath image and along lower right margin: "Invented Engraved & Published October 26: 1736 by Wm Hogarth Pursuant to an Act of Parliament, Price One Shilling. Retouched & Improved April 21 1762 by the Author." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "5348", "591" and three other illegible inscriptions.
Bequest of John Barton Payne
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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