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.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 35.3 x 23.1 cm, on sheet 40.6 x 28.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 46 x 59 cm.
Plate 57 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Queen Charlotte, the album bound according to Her Majesty's direction. Purchased by W.S. Lewis at Sotheby's, Miss M.A.E. Crofton sale, lot 341; 15 November 1960.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 357 x 230 mm, on sheet 375 x 247 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
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]