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[A woman swearing her child to a Grave Citizen.]
[A woman swearing her child to a Grave Citizen.] Here Justice triumphs in his Elbow Chair, / And makes his Market of the trading Fair; / His Office Shelves with Parish Laws are grac'd, / But Spelling Books and Guides between 'em plac'd. / Here pregnant Madam screens the real Sire, / And falsly swears her Bastard Child for Hire / Upon a Rich old Letcher, who denies / The Fact, and vows the naughty Hussif lies; / His Wife enrag'd, exclaims against her Spouse, / And Swears she'l be reveng'd upon his Brows; / The Jade, the Justice and Church Ward'ns agree, / And force him to provide Security.
W. Hogarth pinx. J. Sympson Jun.r Sculp.
Sold by J: Sympson Engraver and Print seller at the Dove in Russell Court, Drury Lane.
Engraving. On verso in ink "The justice is sin Tho's De Veil a striking likeness"; Sheet 295 x 340mm (11½ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper.
A pregnant woman falsely swears on the Bible that the horrified miser to left is the father. The judge is said to be Sir Thomas De Veil, the magistrate of Bow Street who appears in Hogarth's 'Times of Day'. Hogarth's original painting of c.1729 is now in the National Gallery of Ireland.
[Ref: 40351]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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