“ Come unto Me all …
I will give you Rest ”
Hogarth, William (1697 London 1764). Sleeping Congregation. Sunday’s divine service in the countryside. The contrast to the divine service of the Methodists – Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism – could hardly be bigger. Engraving by Thomas Cook (c. 1744 – London 1818). (1795-1803.) Inscribed: Designed by W. Hogarth, title as before. 30.4 x 20.8 cm.
Wonderful impression with the chiaroscuro especially important here as symbolizing the divine sphere. Beyond that – contrary to all later Hogarth editions – in the original size. – Cook “made his mark as Hogarth engraver, too” (Thieme-Becker). – On the right trimmed within the platemark, otherwise wide-margined.
“ In the sheet here Hogarth mocks at the English High Church by depicting the effect which results from the way to preach handed down to their priests of old … (This) himself, the sexton and two old women are the only ones awake … In the opposite pew five peasants lie in deepest rest … ”
(Lichtenberg). – Illustration
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– – – The same in Cook’s smaller repetition. Inscribed: Hogarth pinxt. / T. Cook sculpt. / Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, Jany. 1st. 1809., otherwise as above. 17 x 13.5 cm.
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– – – The same in engraving by Carl Heinrich Rahl (Hoffenheim 1779 – Vienna 1843). (1818/23.) Inscribed: 60. 22 x 16.9 cm.
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– – – The same in engraving by Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen (1765 Göttingen 1840, university engraver there). Inscribed: 60. / W. Hogarth pinx. / R. f. 20.7 x 17.1 cm. – Impression on especially buff paper, supposedly about 1850. – Riepenhausen’s engravings after Hogarth (“very estimable”, Nagler) belong to his chief work and not least for their side-correctness they are partly even preferred to Hogarth’s own engravings.
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– – – The same by Riepenhausen as before, but on slightly toned minor paper.
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– – – The same in lithography by C. F. Heintz. (1833/36.) Inscribed: 48. / Lith. v. C. F. Heintz. / Die schlafende Versammlung. 23.1 x 14.5 cm. – Extensive caption à la Lichtenberg in German.
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– – – The same in steel engraving about 1840. 15.8 x 11.6 cm. – Title in German + English.
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(Mr. L. A. F., November 5, 2003)