[Paul before Felix] [graphic]Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker[5 February 1752]eng"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 centre, one sitting uncomfortably with his chin in his hand, two clerks in front of the bench at which St Paul stands; to right, the orator Tertullus holding a scroll and leaning on a lectern; a soldier to left and two figures carrying fascae either side of the dais."--British Museum online catalogueTitle, publisher and state from Paulson.Added title from caption below image.Quotation from Acts 24-25 engraved below image: And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and Judgment to come, Felix trembled.Text below quotation: From the original painting in Lincoln's Inn Hall, painted by Wm. Hogarth.State 3 distinquished by the presence of a lengthy quotation from Joseph Warton's Essay on the genius and writings of Pope (1756) in bottom corners.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Ms. note in pencil in Mr. Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book 3d edit, p. 323.On page 161 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: .