A clergyman conducting a chaotic christening. Colour mezzotint by J. Sympson, 173-, after W. Hogarth.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Date
- [between 1730 and 1739?]
- Reference
- 16957i
- Pictures
- Online
Available online
Licence
Selected images from this work
About this work
Description
The lettering on this print identifies the preacher with the eccentric John Henley, born in Melton Mowbray in 1692, where, as a school teacher, he introduced liberal educational methods. In London he held charity sermons to the poor at Oratory Chapel, which he founded at Clare Market, London (on the site around the present London School of Economics buildings in Houghton Street). He founded a news-sheet called the Hyp Doctor. However, the preacher in the painting by Hogarth on which this print is based is also identified with Cornelius Ford, cousin of Dr Samuel Johnson: this identification is based on information given by Hester Thrale to J. Ireland (Paulson, loc. cit.)
Publication/Creation
Physical description
Lettering
References note
Lettering note
Reference
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores