Paul before Felix [graphic] / design'd and etch'd in the rediculous [sic] manner of Rembrant by Wm. Hogarth.

Edition:

[State 4].

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 ; plate mark 26.2 x 35.7 cm, on sheet 26.6 x 35.6 cm

Related Links:

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

Notes:

Title etched above image.
State and publisher from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Acquisition no.: 955-11-21-59. Purchased as a bound collection of 97 prints with Sotheby bookplate; disbound January 1984.
Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
Plate mark 26.1 x 3.49 cm, on sheet 28.8 x 37.7 cm.

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'. In this state an imp has been added under the stool on which Paul stands; he is sawing through one of the legs of the stool. 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

Associated Names:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]

Topics:

Angels
Courtrooms
Demons
Dogs
Judicial proceedings
Justice
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Rulers
Saints
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909
Steevens, George, 1736-1800

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1751
Parables

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

Sotheby 59+ Box 200

Orbis Record:

10417950

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22215

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16030532

PID:

digcoll:2808276