'Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism. A medley', 1762. Artist: William Hogarth

'Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism. A medley', 1762. Artist: William Hogarth

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'Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism. A medley', 1762; Methodist meeting at Whitefield's Tabernacle on Tottenham Court Road, London. In the pulpit a man is preaching, holding images of a witch and a demon whilst the congregation listen to him below. In the foreground, Mary Tofts gives birth to rabbits in an illustration of the famous hoax she pulled off in 1726; many believed that it was actually true. Second and final state of plate.

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