Sujet

'The sleeping congregation', 1736. Artist: William Hogarth

Légende

'The sleeping congregation', 1736. The scene is a country church, the only member of the congregation awake (besides the speaker) is the clerk who observes the charms of a young girl. The preacher is John Theophilus Desaguiliers.

Date

1736

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A99_011

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

19,8Mo (1,5Mo) / 19,5cm x 25,4cm / 2305 x 3000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England female women woman people male interior indoors job man men religious country French France religion guy occupation sleep sleeping British English church Christian Christianity location century congregation Britain profession inside asleep boredom clerk bored lady concept B&W cartoon MONOCHROME distracted preaching monotonous vicar preacher black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery sermon Jean Theophilus Desaguliers satire engraving William Hogarth W Hogarth Desaguliers Jean Theophilus Hogarth William