Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism. A Medley., William Hogarth, 1762

Interior of a chapel with an impassioned preacher inspiring his listeners; considerably altered from the earlier state known as "enthusiasm delineated", for instance, by the substitution of representations of the cock lane ghost (a topical reference to a fraud of 1762) for the figures of christ, the removal of the barking dog, and the introduction of rabbits emerging from the skirts of the woman swooning on the floor in allusion to mary toft, the rabbit woman of godalming (see paulson 1989, 106). 1762 etching and engraving. Date: 1762. Dimensions: Height: 52 mm (lettering plate); Height: 381 mm (main plate); Width: 325 mm (cropped). Medium: paper. Depicted People: George Whitefield. Collection: British Museum. Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism. A Medley. (BM S,2.141)