print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- G,8.242
- Title
- Object: Revd Mr Whitfield Preaching on Kennington Common
- Description
-
Satire on the preaching of George Whitefield, the evangelical preacher; Whitefield stands at mid-distance, on top of a hill, appearing as a giant among a sea of heads; carriages at the edge of crowd; in foreground stand two gallows, one empty with two men sitting on top to watch the preacher, from the closest on the right hang three corpses, two small children sit on top; on ground in foreground stand four figures, one drinking gin and singing "bung yr eye bung yr eye"; a few other figures surrounding. 1739
Etching
- Production date
- 1739
- Dimensions
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Height: 143 millimetres
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Width: 111 millimetres (trimmed)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Whitefield addressed a large crowd on Kennington Common on 29 April 1739.
For a note on Crowle's extra-illustrated Pennant see G,1.1
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1811
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- G,8.242