John Wilkes Esqr drawn from the life & etch'd in aquafortis. [graphic]

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Title: John Wilkes Esqr drawn from the life & etch'd in aquafortis. [graphic]
Alternative Title: John Wilkes Esquire
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [approximately 1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Caricatured portrait of John Wilkes holding the Cap of Liberty; reversed copy from Hogarth's print and reduced. Wilkes is shown from the head to knees; the table with the North Briton newspapers cropped out
Description: Title below image.
"Price 6 pence."
Contemporary copy of the Hogarth print, cropped and reversed.
Provenance: Robert Douwma: December 1970;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 20.4 x 16 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1763
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic): Liberty cap
Legislators
Subjects: Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Liberty cap
Legislators > Great Britain
England > London > 1763

Access: Public
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