John Wilkes Esqr four times elected, member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex & alderman of the ward of Farringdon Without. [graphic]

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Description

Title
John Wilkes Esqr four times elected, member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex & alderman of the ward of Farringdon Without. [graphic]
Contributor
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created
[between 1763 and 1794]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Smith at No. 35 Cheapside & R. Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street
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
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent
1 print : sheet 355 x 257 mm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Portraits W682 no. 6

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1763
Material
mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Subjects
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
England > London > 1763

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11606484
Object ID (OID)
10993166

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