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., and 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.
