Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British, Paul before Felix Burlesqued, 1751
- Title:
- Paul before Felix Burlesqued
- Former Title(s):
- Paul Before Felix
- Date:
- 1751
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, engraving, and mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 18 1/4 × 21 inches (46.4 × 53.3 cm), Plate: 10 3/8 × 14 inches (26.4 × 35.6 cm), Image: 9 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (24.8 × 34.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image, upper center: "PAUL BEFORE FELIX."; inside image, upper left: "SPQR"; center left: "We have | found | this | Man | a Pestilent | Fellow, a mover | of Sedition | among the | Jews"; center left: "ringleader | of the Je-"; lower right: "FELIX"; lower left: "Most Noble Felix | with all thankfulness"; lower left: "Seeing that | by thee we | enjoy great | quietness, and that | very Worthy deeds are | done by thy Providence | we accept it always an- | in all places | of the | - - nes"; below image, lower center: "Design'd & Etch'd in the rediculous manner of Rembrant, by Wm: Hogarth." lower right: "Publish'd According to Act of Parliament May 1st. 1751."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2019.24.15
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angel | boat | caricature | crowd | distant view | dog | governor | grotesque | halo | ink | judge | paper | Paul before Felix and Drusilla | religious and mythological subject | robe | saint | scale | statue | steps | sunlight | sword | tearing | tree | trial | water | wig | window | wings
- Associated People:
- Paul, the Apostle, St. (c. AD 5–c. AD 67)
Felix, Marcus Antonius (5–10CE), Roman procurator - Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:82100
- Export:
- XML
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