John Wilkes Esqr. making his defence before Brittannia and Liberty [graphic].

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Title: John Wilkes Esqr. making his defence before Brittannia and Liberty [graphic].
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title etched above image.
Publication date inferred from the date of Wilkes's trial.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: reference to the North Briton, No. 45 -- Personifications: Liberty -- Emblems: scales of justice -- Reference to pensions.
Provenance: Rockman; July 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 10.8 x 20.3 cm, on sheet 14 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Trials, litigation, etc
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Etchings England London 1763
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character)
Judges
Liberty
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Trials, litigation, etc
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Judges
Liberty
England > 1763
England > London > 1763

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