A Sleepy Congregation

Thomas Rowlandson British
 Publisher Thomas Tegg British

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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.

The date is erased in this state.

A Sleepy Congregation, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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