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Engraving of a church interior: sleeping parishioners in pews, a preacher with a magnifying glass at a lectern, and a clergyman in a pulpit looking at a woman with a fan.

A sleepy congregation in a country church with one clergyman reading the serman with the aid of a magnifying glass and the other ogling a sleeping woman. Engraving by W. Hogarth.

An engraved church interior with a dozen dozing parishioners in the foreground pews, nightcaps and wigs askew. A preacher at a lectern studies his sermon through a magnifying glass, while a clergyman in a raised pulpit gazes at a young woman seated at right, fan in hand.

Artist
William Hogarth
Date
October 26, 1736
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3188 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1736.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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