John Wilkes, Esqr. [graphic]

Description

Title: John Wilkes, Esqr. [graphic]
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, drawn at the time of his second trip to Westminster Hall for slander. He is 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 ("North Briton Number 45" and "North Briton Number 17"), which allude to Wilkes's attack on Hogarth and King George III, rest on the table to his left, alongside a feather pen and ink well
Description: Title engraved below image.
State and publisher from Paulson.
"Price 1 shilling."--Lower left corner of plate.
Provenance: Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 357 x 230 mm, on sheet 375 x 247 mm
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Sotheby 77 Box 100
Collection Title: Plate 57. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764]

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Trials, litigation, etc
Portrait prints
Caricatures England 1763
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Etchings England London 1763
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic): Libel & slander
Liberty cap
Legislators
Subjects: Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Trials, litigation, etc
Libel & slander
Liberty cap
Legislators > Great Britain > 1763
England > 1763
England > London > 1763
18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1809 or 10-1888 > Ownership
Wavertree, Florence Lothrop Sheridan Walker, lady, 1872-1952 > Ownership
Greenberg, Richard > Donor

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