- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act directs March [the] 15th 1762.
- Call Number:
- Print20115
- Collection Title:
- Plate 83. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The interior of a chapel with an impassioned preacher inspiring his listeners; considerably altered from the earlier state known as "Enthusiasm Delineated", for instance, by the substitution of representations of the Cock Lane Ghost (a topical reference to a fraud of 1762) for the figures of Christ, the removal of the barking dog, and the introduction of rabbits emerging from the skirts of the woman swooning on the floor in allusion to Mary Toft, the Rabbit Woman of Godlaming"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Enthusiasm delineated
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson. Reworking of Enthusiasm delineated., With caption: "Believe not every Spirit; but try the Spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the World. 1. John. Ch.4. V.1"., and 1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 436 x 331 mm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Name):
- Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Villiers, George, 1690-1748., and Whitefield, George, 1714-1770
- Subject (Topic):
- Christianity, Superstition, Demonology, Demons, Ghosts, Rabbits, Witches, Sleeping, and Supervisors
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Credulity, superstition and fanaticism a medley / [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Mills, Isaac, 1770-1857, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 November 1795]
- Call Number:
- Print20116
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Copy of Hogarth's print; interior of a chapel with an impassioned preacher inspiring his listeners who include a woman swooning on the floor and a young couple embracing; many of the congregation are clutching figures of Christ; a barking dog with a collar labelled "Whitfield" echoes the preacher
- Description:
- Title etched below image., State from British Museum catalogue., Lettered above the image with text beginning: Hogarth's first thought for the medley. Copied from a very curious print designed and engraved by Hogarth, of which there are only two impressions, both of them in the possession of John Ireland. March 15th 1796. [Image of hand with pointing finger]. After taking the above impressions, Hogarth changed the point of his satire from the superstitious absurdities of popery and ridiculous personification delineated by ancient painters, to the popular credulities of his own day, erased or essentially altered every figure except two, and on the same piece of copper engraved the plate now in the possession of Messrs. Boydell, entitled Credulity, superstition & fanaticism, a medley., Dedication etched below title: Humbly dedicated to his Grace the Arch Bishop of Canterbury, by his Graces most obedient humble servant Wm. Hogarth., Text following dedication: Advertisement. The intention of this print, is to give a lineal representation, of the strange effects of literal and low conceptions of sacred beings, as also of the idolatrous tendency of pictures in churches, and prints in religious books, &c., Legend following advertisement: A. After Raphael Urbino. B. After Rubens. C. After Rembrant. D.E.F.G.H. Are imitations of several other painters., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, no. 2425., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 210., and 1 print : etching ; plate mark 481 x 380 mm.
- Publisher:
- Published Novr. 12th, 1795 by John Ireland (Author of Hogarth illustrated) No. 3 Poets Corner, Palace Yard, & for Messrs. Boydell, Cheapside & Shakespeare Gallery Pallmall
- Subject (Name):
- Toft, Mary, 1703-1763, Villiers, George, 1690-1748., and Whitefield, George, 1714-1770
- Subject (Topic):
- Christianity, Superstition, Demonology, Demons, Ghosts, Witches, Sleeping, and Supervisors
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Enthusiasm delineated [graphic]