John Wilkes Esqr. [graphic] : drawn from the life & etch'd in aquafortis / by Willm. Hogarth.

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.
Edition:
[State 1].
Published/Created:
[London] :
[Wm. Hogarth],
publish'd according to act of Parliament May [the] 16, 1763.
Physical Description:
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 35.5 x 24 cm, on sheet 40.8 x 28 cm
Notes:
Engraved title below image.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
"Price 1 shilling."
Abstract:
Caricatured portrait of John Wilkes 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 and feather pen and ink well are place on the table to his left.
Variant Titles:
John Wilkes Esquire
Topics:
Legislators--Great Britain--1763.
Liberty caps.
Topics:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Wilkes, John,--1725-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Language:
English
Genre:
Etchings--England--London--1763.
Portraits--England--London--1763.
Format:
Image
Rights:
These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
Call Number:
Hogarth
763.05.16.06.2+
Hogarth 763.05.16.06.2+ Box 200
Orbis Record:
12536493
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr32585
Citation:
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 214
OID:
15947869
PID:
digcoll:2792995