John Wilkes, Esqr. [graphic] / drawn from the life and etch'd in aquafortis by Willm. Hogarth.

Creator:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.

Edition:

[State 1].

Published/Created:

[London] :
[Wm. Hogarth],
publish'd according to act of Parliament, May [the] 16, 1763.

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 357 x 230 mm, on sheet 375 x 247 mm.

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Notes:

Title engraved below image.
State and publisher from Paulson.
"Price 1 shilling."--Lower left corner of plate.

Abstract:

Sketch of John Wilkes holding a "Staff of Maintenance" wtih the cap of Liberty on top, drawn at the time of Wilkes' second trip to Westminster Hall for slander. On the table beside him are two newspapers -- North Briton Number 45 and North Briton Number 15 -- which allude to Wilkes' attack on Hogarth and King George III.

Topics:

Libel & slander.
Liberty cap.

Topics:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership.
Wilkes, John,--1725-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Wilkes, John,--1725-1797--Trials, litigation, etc.

Language:

English

Genre:

Annotations (Provenance)--18th century.--CtY-LW
Caricatures--England--1763.
Etchings--England--London--1763.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1763.

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Call Number:

Sotheby
77
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Shelved in solander box.
Sotheby 77 Box 100

Orbis Record:

9883297

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr26258a

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 4050
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 214

OID:

16194186

PID:

digcoll:4047244