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- Title:
- John Wilkes Esq.
- Date:
- 1763
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 3/8 inches (39.1 × 26.4 cm), Plate: 14 × 9 1/8 inches (35.6 × 23.2 cm), Image: 12 3/8 × 8 3/4 inches (31.4 × 22.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper left: "LIBERTY"; center left: "NORTH BRITON | NUMBER 45."; center left: "NORTH BRITON | NUMBER 17."; below image, lower center: "John Wilkes Esqr. | Drawn from the Life and Etch'd in Aquafortis by Willm. Hogarth, | Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May ye 16. 1763."; lower left: "Price 1 Shilling."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A.
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.332
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38049
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Alice Insley, William Hogarth : visions in print, Tate Publishing, London, 2021, pp.17, 73, 79, NJ18 .H67 I57 2021 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Justin Lovill, 1776 : A London Chronicle or How to Divert Oneself while Losing an Empire, The Bunbury Press, London, 2019, p. 27a, DA682 .L66 2019 (LC) (YCBA) [YCBA]