Accession number
PML 146853.8
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Published
[London : s.n.], publish'd according to act of Parliament May 1st, 1751.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
The 4th state as described by Paulson, with the imp with a saw added beneath the stool on which Paul sits.
Library's copy mounted on bound album leaf, 455 x 625 mm
Print forms part of an album (PML 146852) that is one of three containing the collected works of William Hogarth; evidently comprised of prints reissued by the artist's widow and compiled no earlier than 1781 (see PML 146851-53).
Library's copy mounted on bound album leaf, 455 x 625 mm
Print forms part of an album (PML 146852) that is one of three containing the collected works of William Hogarth; evidently comprised of prints reissued by the artist's widow and compiled no earlier than 1781 (see PML 146851-53).
Description
1 print : etching with some mezzotint tone ; image: 247 x 339 mm; plate mark: 260 x 351 mm; sheet: 309 x 427 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
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.
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