A credulous congregation listening to a sermon by a fiery preacher. Engraving by T. Cook, 1798, after W. Hogarth.

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.

Date:: 1 October 1798

Reference:: 12090i

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A credulous congregation listening to a sermon by a fiery preacher. Engraving by T. Cook, 1798, after W. Hogarth. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Earlier version entitled : Enthusiasm delineated

Publication/Creation

[London] (Pater-noster Row) : G.G. & J. Robinson, 1 October 1798.

Physical description

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 44.4 x 34.6 cm

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Credulity, superstition and fanaticism. A medley. "Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." John. Ch. 4. V.1. Designed by Wm. Hogarth. ; Engraved by T. Cook.

References note

R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, 3 ed., London 1989, no. 210a

P. Gouk (ed.), Representing emotions, Aldershot 2005, pp. 194-195

Lisa Forman Cody, Birthing the nation, Oxford 2005, pp. 142-144

Bernd Krymanski, 'We see a ghost: Hogarth's satire on Methodists and connoisseurs', The Art Bulletin, Nr.2. pp.292-310 80 (1998)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 12090i

Reproduction note

The first state of Hogarth's print of this subject, which was not published, was entitled "Enthusiasm delineated" (British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. III pt. I, London 1877, nos. 2425-2428)

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