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
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament May [the] 16, 1763.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: Caricatured portrait of John Wilkes shown full-length and seated, holding the Staff of Maintenance mounted with a vessel similar to the Cap of Liberty against his shoulder. Copies of the North Briton newspapers and feather pen and ink well are place on the table to his left
Description: Engraved title below image.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
"Price 1 shilling."
Provenance: Gift of Richard Greenberg; May 2015.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.5 x 24 cm, on sheet 40.8 x 28 cm
Edition: [State 1].
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 > 1763
England > London > 1763

Access: Public
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