The Sleeping Congregation
October 1736
Medium
Etching and engraving in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 25 × 19.5 cm (9 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Plate: 26.4 × 20.4 cm (10 7/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 30 × 25 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
108984
About the Artist
William Hogarth · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...