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Credulity, Superstition & Fanaticism

1833

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Charles Mottram, 1807–1876, born in London, England, 1697; active in England; died in London, England, 1764, Credulity, Superstition & Fanaticism, 1833, Steel engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, B1998.14.954.
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  • Creator

    Print made by Charles Mottram, 1807–1876
    after William Hogarth, born in London, England, 1697; active in England; died in London, England, 1764

  • Title

    Credulity, Superstition & Fanaticism

  • Date

    1833

  • Materials & Techniques

    Steel engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

  • Dimensions

    Sheet: 10 × 8 3/4 inches (25.4 × 22.2 cm), Image: 5 3/4 × 4 7/8 inches (14.6 × 12.4 cm)

  • Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering

    Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "1996.1.771"

    Lettered inside image, upper center: "To | St Money- | trap"; upper right: "Blood | Blood | Blood | Blood | Bull Roar | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | W-d's Scale of Vociferat-- | Nat'l. Tone"; upper left: "Deserts | of | New"; upper left: "A NEW & CORRECT | GLOBE : HELL | RO- | - Bottomless Pit | B- | D--"; upper right: "I Speak | -"; center right: "St. Geo'e | Villers"; center: "Continually do Cry"; center: "Only LOVE in | us be giv'n -- | Lord we ask | no other Heav'n | Hymn By | G. Whitfield"; lower right: "Te-- | worth | RAVING | Madness | Convulsive Fits | EXTACY | LUST | Love Heat | Luke warm | Low Spirits | Sorrow | AGONY | Settled Grief | Despair | Madness | Suicide"; lower left: "Bloody"; lower right: "THE POOR BOX"; lower center: "- by | K J- I."; below image, lower center: "CREDULITY, SUPERSTITION & FANATICISM. | Engraved by C. Mottram, from the Original by Wm. Hogarth."

  • Credit Line

    Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Accession Number

    B1998.14.954

  • Classification

    Prints

  • Collection

    Prints and Drawings

  • Access

    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Link

    https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:69886

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