Original - William Hogarth's 1762 engraving Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism (published by William Heath in 1822) ridiculed secular and religious credulity. The scene depicts a church congregation with a preacher at the top of a pulpit holding a pair of puppets symbolizing the devil and a witch; below, Mary Toft is giving birth to rabbits. Also contributing to the imagery are a brain with a '"religious thermometer" in it, and a minister sticking his icon down the shirt of a young lady in "the throes of religious ecstasy".
Reason
High quality scan of historical image; meets size criteria, high EV
Support as nominator --Sasata (talk) 19:00, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Can't go wrong with Hogarth! Pleasing artwork, encyclopedic in reminding us that there were sane people in every age.-Ben pcc (talk) 20:49, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment this is a picture that could do with a bit of restoration work. GerardM (talk) 23:36, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Might ask for a colour scan, but it seems to have all the detail. We can upgrade later, if it becomes an option. Shoemaker's HolidayOver 184 FCs served 14:42, 31 July 2009 (UTC)Weak oppose: Durova's right, though I'll happily work with Sasata in order to provide a restored version. Shoemaker's HolidayOver 184 FCs served 17:37, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Shoemaker. Should we suspend this nom? Plenty of ev here; would be great to see it promoted. Durova288 19:15, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've poked Sasata about it. She can choose whether to suspend or just renominate shortly. Shoemaker's HolidayOver 184 FCs served 00:15, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Hate to spoil the party, but this scan has bleedthrough text at bottom, needs clockwise rotation, and suffers from serious brightness variances (particularly visible at the borders). Durova288 21:58, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
