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1.
Iohn Wilkes, Esqr. late member of Parliament for Aylesbury: voorheen lid in het Parlemt. van

Published / Created:
1764.
Call Number:
Portraits W682 no. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
John Wilkes, Esqr
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication surmised from the fact that half the print's text is in Dutch., Text in image of letter on desk: "To Hon. Cotes Esqr. London.", and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published according to Act of Parliament 1764; vitgegeeven by Acte van het Parlement
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Iohn Wilkes, Esqr. late member of Parliament for Aylesbury: voorheen lid in het Parlemt. van Engeland wegens Aylesbury / [graphic]

2.
Jean Wilkes, élu membre de Parlement pour le comté de Middlesex le 28 Mars 1768 [graphic].

Creator:
Champigny, Jean Bochart, chevalier de, 1712-approximately 1787, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1777]
Call Number:
Portraits W682 no. 9
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text at top of image: "Gravé pour l'histoire d'Angleterre de Champigny.", Plate from: Champigny, J.B. Nouvelle histoire générale d'Angleterre, depuis l'origine la plus reculée de ce royaume, jusqu'a l'année MDCCLXXX. Amsterdam : Aux dépens de l'auteur, 1777., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on paper support: 360 x 280 mm.
Publisher:
Jean Bochart Champigny
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Jean Wilkes, élu membre de Parlement pour le comté de Middlesex le 28 Mars 1768 [graphic].

3.
John Wilkes Esqr four times elected, member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex & alderman of

Published / Created:
[between 1763 and 1794]
Call Number:
Portraits W682 no. 6
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait, whole-length wearing fur-trimmed coat, standing facing front, looking away to right, left hand to hip, leaning with right hand holding quill on a volume which lies on a table to left, beside an ink-tray with a letter on which is written 'The Liberty of all Peers.'
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from similar print from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.7363, and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Smith at No. 35 Cheapside & R. Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes Esqr four times elected, member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex & alderman of the ward of Farringdon Without. [graphic]

4.
John Wilkes, Esq. [graphic]

Creator:
Haid, Johann Philipp, 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1764]
Call Number:
Portraits W682 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait; three-quarter length seated three-quarter to right; at a table wearing a coat with braiding and large cuffs and frilled cravat and powdered hair brushed back; right hand on his thigh; left hand holding quill poised over sheets of paper; looking up to right at a classical statuette of a female figure holding a mirror and large shield decorated with a shining sun; a volume labelled "Sydney on Gov."; a letter addressed "To Hu Cotes Esqr London," and a scroll labelled "Magna Charta" on the table; and a plaque with a bust of Hampden leaning against the table in lower right corner
Description:
Title from text below image., Engraved after a portrait by R.E. Pine., Date of publication from description in the online catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery, London., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the National Portrait Gallery, London: NPG D19995., and "Cum Gratia et Privilegio Sae Caes Majestatis."
Publisher:
Kaiserlich Franziskiche Academie
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes, Esq. [graphic]

5.
John Wilkes, Esqr [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1775]
Call Number:
Portraits W682 no. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text in image., Text above image: "Engraved for the Universal Magazine.", Publication date surmised from year Wilkes began London mayorship., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Affixed to paper sheet: 361 x 279 mm.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Hinton at the King's Arms in Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes, Esqr [graphic].

6.
John Wilkes, Esqr elected alderman of London Jan. 2, 1769. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[not before 1769]
Call Number:
Portraits W682 no. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of John Wilkes, whole-length, standing, directed and looking to the left, wearing robes of lord mayor, left hand on hip, right hand pointing to the left; illustration to 'Town & Country', 1769."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication taken from the sitter's known place of activity., and Mounted on paper support: 360 x 280 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes, Esqr elected alderman of London Jan. 2, 1769. [graphic]

7.
John Wilkes, Esqr. [graphic]

Creator:
Watson, James, approximately 1740-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
published according to act of Parliament, 1764.
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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 catalogue
Description:
Title 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., and With small contemporary annotation in ink, perhaps monogrammatic initials, above printmaker's signature.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Subject (Topic):
Politicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes, Esqr. [graphic]

8.
John Wilkes, Esqr. member of Parliament for the county of Middlesex, alderman of the ward of

Creator:
Bockman, Gerhard, 1686-1773, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs April 14, 1769.
Call Number:
Portraits W682 no. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, bust in an oval frame directed to right, looking ahead of him, wearing a fur-trimmed robe over a waistcoat and frilled cravat, with powdered hair to his ears."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication taken from printmaker's known place of activity., Print composed of two plates: one for image and one for text., and Mounted on paper support: 380 x 282 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Wilkes, Esqr. member of Parliament for the county of Middlesex, alderman of the ward of Farringdon Without; friend to liberty, a lover of his king, opposer of ministerial tyranny and defender of his country / [graphic]

9.
Out of place and unpension'd [graphic]

Published / Created:
[9 November 1769]
Call Number:
769.11.09.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A gentleman, shown threee-quarters length, stands in a disconsolate manner looking left and pressing a walking stick to his chin; he stands before a table on which are a plate of radishes, a piece of bread, and a beer pot on which is engraved the owner's address "Mills Fleet Markt". The suggestion is that the man is in the Fleet Prison for debt. "The Middlesex Journal", a newspaper which supported the popular side at this period, is on the table; on the wall are a portrait of John Wilkes and "The Middlesex Petition".
Alternative Title:
Out of place and unpensioned
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark in center of sheet: Fleur-de-lys, bend, with initials "GR".
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, Novr. 9th, 1769, by Jno. Smith, No. 35 in Cheapside & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Subject (Topic):
Debt, Drinking vessels, Pipes (Smoking), Prisons, Staffs (Sticks), and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Out of place and unpension'd [graphic]

10.
The Right Honble. John Wilkes Esq., Lord Mayor of the City of London [graphic]

Creator:
Dickinson, William, 1756-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:
[9 November 1774]
Call Number:
Portraits W682 no. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Bust in a feigned oval, three-quarter to left, wearing mayorial robes with fur-lined cloak and chain of office, and a white cravat, looking out of the corner of his eye towards the viewer; after Pine."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable John Wilkes Esq
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 9th, 1774, at Mrs. Sledges, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honble. John Wilkes Esq., Lord Mayor of the City of London [graphic]