A Sleepy Congregation

Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

February 12, 1811 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

A Sleepy Congregation — Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

A priest giving his sermon from the pulpit above to a congregation below, some of whom are soundly sleeping. A woman at right tilts her head downwards, unaware of a young man looking towards her at left.

Artist
Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson
Date
February 12, 1811
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959