[Wilkes] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Wilkes] [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Bretherton, Charles, approximately 1760-1783, publisher.
Published / Created: [17 June 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 17th June 1782 by C. Bretherton
Abstract: Full length portrait of an elderly and toothless John Wilkes, in hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt and riding boots
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Plate numbered "XIV" in upper left corner.
1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 12.9 cm.
Mounted with three other prints on leaf 4 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Mr. Wilkes.
Provenance: Bequeathed by James Sayers to his sister and later given to Lord Eldon. Purchased from Christie's sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts, lot 305, 19 June 2012, with Lord Eldon's notebook (now LWL Mss Vol. 202).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.6 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 24 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portrait prints
Drypoints England London 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching with drypoint ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
England.
Subject (Name): Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Politicians
Subjects: Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Politicians > England
England > London > 1782
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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