The Right Honourable John Wilkes Esqr. Lord Mayor of the City of London. [graphic]

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Title: The Right Honourable John Wilkes Esqr. Lord Mayor of the City of London. [graphic]
Contributor: Dixon, John, approximately 1740-1811, artist.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1768?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Carington Bowles?
Abstract: Seated portrait of John Wilkes, holding a scroll marked 'Magna Charta', leaning on a table on which is a copy of his letter 'To the Gentlemen Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex', and 'Bill of Rights'. A framed painting on the wall behind (left) shows an image of Hercules defeating the Hydra
Description: Title from text below image.
Seemingly a reduced copy of print by John Dixon that was published in 1768 by Carington Bowles; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.761. See also: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 1, no. 35, page 217. For another reduced copy with a different title, also published by Carington Bowles, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1489.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint from bottom edge.
Mounted to: 22 x 13 cm.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; May 2023.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 14.7 x 12 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Art
Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1768
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Heracles (Greek mythological character)
Hydra (Greek mythology),
Subjects: Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Heracles (Greek mythological character) > Art
Hydra (Greek mythology)
England > London > 1768