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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, May [the] 16, 1763.
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 763.05.16.06.2+ Box 200
- Collection Title:
- Plate 57. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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., and "Price 1 shilling."--Lower left corner of plate.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Libel & slander, Liberty cap, and Legislators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes, Esqr. [graphic]