Paul before Felix [graphic] / design'd and scratch'd in the true Dutch taste by Wm. Hogarth.

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.
Edition:
[State 1].
Published/Created:
[London] :
[Wm. Hogarth],
publish'd according to act of Parliament May 1st, 1751.
Physical Description:
1 print : etching with some mezzotint tone on laid paper ; sheet 26.4 x 40.2 cm
Notes:
Title etched above image.
State and publisher from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
CtY-LW
Abstract:
At his trial before Felix the Roman Governor of Judea, a very short St. Paul stands on a stool so as to be seen. The stool is steadied by a fat angel who is fast asleep and so unaware of the angry looking dog who wears a collar etched with the name 'Felix'. He stands addressing a gallery filled with people in Dutch dress. On the left behind a curtain the orator Tertullus tears up his speech; at his feet a demon pieces the fragments together. On the right Justice is shown as a fat woman who is not blind, one eye is not covered by the blindfold, in her left hand are the scales and in her left a butcher's knife. All the faces are caricatured; many of the audience hold their noses. In the distance can be seen boats on a river and a windmill.
Variant Titles:
Paul before Felix burlesqued
Topics:
Angels.
Courtrooms.
Demons.
Dogs.
Judicial proceedings.
Justice.
Rulers.
Topics:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Paul,--the Apostle, Saint.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership.
Language:
English
Genre:
Counterproofs.
Etchings--England--London--1751.
Parables.
Format:
Image
Rights:
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Call Number:
75
H67
800 v.2
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Orbis Record:
12820177
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr26221b
Citation:
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3173
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 191
OID:
16194112
PID:
digcoll:4048647