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The Sleeping Congregation
173618th century
26.5 cm x 20.6 cm (10 7/16 in. x 8 1/8 in.)
William Hogarth (London, 1697 - 1764, London) Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, English
Medium and Support:
Etching and engraving
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Charles and Dorothy Clark, 1982
Accession Number:
1982.214
Inside a church a clergyman reads the Gospel while his congregation sleeps and a clerk eyes a young woman. Hogarth’s keen observation of human behavior and unsparing critique of social convention inspired all later British satirists.
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