"Bishop Watson of Llandaff stands in profile to the right, his arms outstretched as if preaching. He stands under an archway formed by a retort, the furnace of which is behind him (left); the neck of the retort swells into a globe above his head, then...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 8th March 1787 by T. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Watson, Richard, 1737-1816 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):
Commercial treaties, Public opinion, Bishops, Cathedrals, Chemistry, and Preaching
"A fat bottle-nosed parson preaches from the upper story of a three-decker pulpit. Below him a lean curate sleeps, spectacles on forehead. A lank-haired rubicund clerk listens alertly. At the base of the design are the heads of a congregation, asleep,...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. May 12, 1823, by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond St.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Preaching, Pulpits, Religious services, and Sleeping
"A fat and placid-looking preacher stands in his pulpit in profile to the left, reading his sermon. He says: "I shall divide my Discourse into Seven Heads namely ------" He resembles the parson of British Museum satires no. 8428, and is probably Moore...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
From the pulpit a minister wearing eyeglasses (right) reads to his small, mostly asleep congregation a sermon from a pile of papers resting on a pillow: "He brews, ten and twelve!!" A sleepy-looking man with a bulbous nose and carbuncels (foreground, ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses, Preaching, Religious services, and Sleeping
From the pulpit a minister wearing eyeglasses (right) reads to his small, mostly asleep congregation a sermon from a pile of papers resting on a pillow: "He brews, ten and twelve!!" A sleepy-looking man with a bulbous nose and carbuncels (foreground, ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses, Preaching, Religious services, and Sleeping
The 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 y...
Description:
Title and state from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Lust, Preaching, Religion, Religious services, and Sleeping
The 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 y...
Description:
Title and state from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Lust, Preaching, Religion, Religious services, and Sleeping
