Sujet

'Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism. A medley', 1762. Artist: William Hogarth

Légende

'Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism. A medley', 1762; Methodist meeting at Whitefield's Tabernacle on Tottenham Court Road, London. In the pulpit a man is preaching, holding images of a witch and a demon whilst the congregation listen to him below. In the foreground, Mary Tofts gives birth to rabbits in an illustration of the famous hoax she pulled off in 1726; many believed that it was actually true. Second and final state of plate.

Date

1762

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A75_434

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (4,2Mo) / 30,7cm x 40,7cm / 3625 x 4808 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal road building buildings London England female women woman people male interior indoors man men religious street religion guy church rabbit lane superstition avenue Christianity Westminster location century congregation inside naive birth lady concept delivery witch demon B&W MONOCHROME naivety witchcraft preaching credulity Hoax preacher black & white black and white B W tabernacle Methodist gullible 18th century Eighteenth Century fraud pulpit City of Westminster Guildhall Library & Art Gallery sermon fanaticism gullibility Methodism TGN Tottenham Court Road Whitefield's Tabernacle Mary Tofts satire engraving William Hogarth Mary W Hogarth William Hogarth;Hogarth William;W Hogarth Tofts Hogarth William