John Wilkes, Esqr. [graphic]Watson, James, approximately 1740-1790, printmakerpublished according to act of Parliament, 1764.eng"Portrait, three-quarter length seated three-quarter to left, at a table wearing a coat with braiding and large cuffs, and frilled cravat, powdered hair brushed back, left hand on his thigh, right hand holding quill poised over sheets of paper, looking up to left at a classical statuette of a female figure holding a mirror and large shield decorated with a shining sun, a volume labelled 'Sydney', a letter addressed 'To Huy. Cotes Esqr London' and a scroll on the table, and a plaque with a bust of Hampden leaning against it to lower left."--British Museum online catalogueTitle engraved below image.Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.Mounted opposite page 94 (leaf numbered '141' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.With small contemporary annotation in ink, perhaps monogrammatic initials, above printmaker's signature.