The Right Honourable John Wilkes Esqr

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Seated portrait of John Wilkes, holding a scroll marked ‘Magna Charta’, leaning on a table on which is a copy of his letter ‘To the Gentlemen Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex’, and ‘Bill of Rights’. A framed painting on the wall behind (left) shows an image of Hercules defeating the Hydra on the wall to left.

  • Title: The Right Honourable John Wilkes Esqr [graphic] : Lord Mayor of the City of London.
  • Publication: [London] : [Carington Bowles?], [approximately 1768?]

Catalog Record

768.00.00.16

Acquired May 2023