Caricatured portrait of John Wilkes holding the Cap of Liberty; reversed copy from Hogarth's print and reduced. Wilkes is shown from the head to knees; the table with the North Briton newspapers cropped out
Alternative Title:
John Wilkes Esquire
Description:
Title below image., "Price 6 pence.", and Contemporary copy of the Hogarth print, cropped and reversed.
Caricatured portrait of John Wilkes holding the Cap of Liberty; reversed copy from Hogarth's print. With a demon under the Cap of Liberty whispering in his ear
Alternative Title:
John Wilkes Esquire
Description:
Title etched below image., Note below title: "N.B. Mr. Wilkes's familiar whispering in his ear, is an addition to Mr. Hogarth's design.", and Mounted to sheet: 32.2 x 41.2 cm.
Caricatural portrait of John Wilkes sitting on a chair holding stick topped by a cap of Liberty. On the table beside him are two issues of the newspaper North Briton, nos. 17 and 45 as well as a box with a feather pen in an inkwell
Alternative Title:
John Wilkes Esquire
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to: 360 x 279 mm.
Caricatured portrait of John Wilkes holding the Cap of Liberty; reversed copy from Hogarth's print
Alternative Title:
John Wilkes Esquire drawn from life
Description:
Title etched at base of image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, v. 1, p. 176., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 214., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at top of print: See next page., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand: See Mr. Nicholl's book, 3d edit, p. 386., and On page 195 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: .
Caricatured portrait of John Wilkes holding the Cap of Liberty; reversed copy from Hogarth's print
Alternative Title:
John Wilkes Esquire drawn from life
Description:
Title etched at base of image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, v. 1, p. 176., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 214., and Mounted to: 33.7 x 45.7 cm.
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., and Temporary local subject terms: Literature: reference to the North Briton, No. 45 -- Personifications: Liberty -- Emblems: scales of justice -- Reference to pensions.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Judges, and Liberty
publish'd according to act of Parliament, May [the] 16, 1763.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 78K(a) Box 225
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
John Wilkes is shown holding a "Staff of Maintenance" wtih the cap of Liberty on top, drawn at the time of Wilkes' second trip to Westminster Hall for slander. On the table beside him are two newspapers -- North Briton Number 45 and North Briton Number 15 -- which allude to Wilkes' attack on Hogarth and King George III
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and publisher from Paulson., State with no price in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark: sheet 346 x 229 mm.
publish'd according to act of Parliament, May [the] 16, 1763.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
John Wilkes is shown holding a "Staff of Maintenance" wtih the cap of Liberty on top, drawn at the time of Wilkes' second trip to Westminster Hall for slander. On the table beside him are two newspapers -- North Briton Number 45 and North Briton Number 15 -- which allude to Wilkes' attack on Hogarth and King George III
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and publisher from Paulson., State with no price in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Formerly on page 196 in volume 2. Removed by LWL conservator in 2012 to solander box, vol. 2, and Sheet trimmed to: 35 x 23.1 cm.
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.
