▁but ▁it ▁featured ▁in ▁an ▁image ▁that , ▁at ▁the ▁least , ▁pok ed ▁fun ▁at ▁the ▁poor ▁poet ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁subject . ▁Hog arth ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁suggesting ▁either ▁that ▁poet ▁was ▁showing ▁cont empt ▁for ▁Pope ▁or ▁that ▁he ▁placed ▁Pope ' s ▁image ▁above ▁his ▁head ▁as ▁a ▁model ▁to ▁which ▁to ▁asp ire . ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁image , ▁which ▁shows ▁Pope ▁and ▁Cur ll ▁locked ▁in ▁battle , ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁clear ▁who ▁has ▁the ▁upper ▁hand , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁print ▁was ▁issued ▁the ▁direct ▁reference ▁to ▁Pope ▁had ▁been ▁removed ▁completely . ▁Ron ald ▁Paul son , ▁the ▁pre em inent ▁modern ▁authority ▁on ▁Hog arth , ▁suggests ▁that ▁Hog arth ▁would ▁have ▁viewed ▁Pope , ▁through ▁his ▁Roman ▁Catholic ism , ▁as ▁having ▁been ▁implicitly ▁tied ▁to ▁the ▁contin ental ▁influ ences ▁that ▁Hog arth ▁des pis ed , ▁and ▁would ▁have ▁seen ▁Pope ' s ▁ref us al ▁to ▁accept ▁the ▁patron age ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁men ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁while ▁still ▁cultiv ating ▁them ▁as ▁friends ▁and ▁still ▁re aping ▁the ▁re wards ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁offer , ▁as ▁hyp oc rit ical . ▁Pope ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁circle ▁that ▁included ▁William ▁Kent ▁and ▁Richard ▁Bo yle , ▁ 3 rd ▁Earl ▁of ▁Bur ling ton ▁who ▁had ▁disp la ced ▁Hog arth ' s ▁father - in - law ▁James ▁Th orn hill ▁from ▁comm issions , ▁and ▁Hog arth ▁also ▁had ▁t ies ▁to ▁Lewis ▁The