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Paul before Felix

1 pp 1752

Paul before Felix, showing St. Paul on trial before Felix, governor of Caesarea. Paul to left with arms raised, Felix sitting with his wife Drusilla and two priests on a dais at center, one sitting with his chin in his hand, two clerks in front of the bench at which St Paul stands. To right, the orator holding a scroll and leaning on a lectern.

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Paul before Felix, burlesqued

1 pp 1751

This Hogarth engraved in the manner of Rembrandt was used as a subscription ticket "Paul before Felix." It proved so popular that he had to set a price on it and sell impressions separately.

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Paul before Felix, burlesqued

1 pp 1751

This Hogarth engraved in the manner of Rembrandt was used as a subscription ticket "Paul before Felix." It proved so popular that he had to set a price on it and sell impressions separately.

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Pl. 1. An election entertainment

1 pp 1755

A feast given by two candidates in an election for parliament. Two large tables in a paneled interior (probably intended as a 17th-century inn) are surrounded by an assembly of drunken citizens.

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Pl. 1. An election entertainment

1 pp 1755

A feast given by two candidates in an election for parliament. Two large tables in a paneled interior (probably intended as a 17th-century inn) are surrounded by an assembly of drunken citizens.

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Pl. 1. The fellow 'prentices at their looms

1 pp 1747

Tom Idle sleeps at his loom beneath a ballad of Moll Flanders, having drunk from a large tankard lettered "Spittle Fields." Francis Goodchild concentrates on his work while light streams through the window on to ballads of "The London Prentice" and "Whitington, Ld Mayor" on the wall above his head. A cat pulls at Idle's shuttle and the master, Mr West, enters bearing a stick.

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Pl. 10. The industrious 'prentice alderman of London, the idle one brought before him & impeached by his accomplice

1 pp 1747

A court of Justice with the elegant Alderman Goodchild holding his hand to his brow as Idle, at the bar, begs for mercy. Idle's female companion slips a coin into the hand of the clerk of the court while the one-eyed accomplice swears with his left (not right) hand on the bible,

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Pl. 11. The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn

1 pp 1747

The place of execution. In the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent.

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Pl. 12. The industrious 'prentice, Lord Mayor of London.

1 pp 1747

The Lord Mayor's carriage entering Cheapside surrounded by a mob and with spectators, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, on stands and at every window; to right, the east end of St Paul's Cathedral.

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Pl. 2. Canvassing for votes

1 pp 1757

A rural scene with three inns: "The Portobello" (celebrating the naval victory of 1739 in contrast with the recent loss of Minorca), outside which two veterans sit reminiscing; "The Excise Office" (the Whig stronghold, its name alluding to Walpole's Excise Bill of 1733) with the sign of the Crown and a rioting crowd; and "The Royal Oak" (recalling Tory support for the Stuart monarchy), its sign partly obscured by the banner of "Punch Candidate for Guzzledown" in which the Treasury is being emptied of money that the candidate throws at voters; in the center, a young country gentleman is being bribed by agents of both parties.

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Pl. 2. Canvassing for votes

1 pp 1757

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Pl. 2. The industrious 'prentice performing the duty of a Christian

1 pp 1747

Francis Goodchild shares the hymn book of his master's daughter at a service in a large church filled with pews; to left, an elderly woman pew-opener sits on a pile of hassocks. The church is St. Martin's-in-the-Field's.

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Paul before Felix, burlesqued

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Pl. 1. An election entertainment

Pl. 1. An election entertainment

Pl. 1. The fellow 'prentices at their looms

Pl. 10. The industrious 'prentice alderman of London, the idle one brought before him & impeached by his accomplice

Pl. 11. The idle 'prentice executed at Tyburn

Pl. 12. The industrious 'prentice, Lord Mayor of London.

Pl. 2. Canvassing for votes

Pl. 2. Canvassing for votes

Pl. 2. The industrious 'prentice performing the duty of a Christian