[The sleeping congregation] [graphic]Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker[26 October 1736]engThe 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 fingersTitle 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.