Object Number 1976.0048

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

John Wilkes Esq,,\r

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

William Hogarth (Draftsman, etcher and publisher)
1697-10/26/1764

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

May 16 1763 (1763-1763)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; Drawn from the Life and Etch'd in Aquafortis by Will,\m Hogarth.
2. Inscription; Lower right; Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May y\e 16. 1763.

Subjects

Portrait; Social/political commentary; Caricature; John Wilkes

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched with burin work, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

13.6 (H) , 8.6 (W) , 12.2 (Image H) , 8.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.6 (H) , 21.9 (W) , 12.2 (Image H) , 8.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.3 in. (33.9 cm). Plate W: 8.5 in. (21.6 cm). Chain intervals: 3.8-3.9 cm; laid lines 6 per cm.

Publisher Summary

Hogarth, William

Publication Date

05/16/1763

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Dovecoat (Heawood nos. 1228-1238).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 40, pp. 116-7.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 85, p. 137.
[Book] The British Museum & Stephens, Frederic George. 1883 Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Political and Personal Satires. 4.
• Print listed as no. 4050, pp. 278-82.
[Book] Paulson, Ronald. 1970 Hogarth's Graphic Works. 1.
• Print listed as no. 214, pp. 256-257.
[Book] Lu, Zhangshen. 2012 Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Chinese porcelain bowl bearing same scene in reserve plus print sources: pp. 144-45, no. 031 and figs. 1-2. Includes Hogarth's "John Wilkes" 1763 portrait and Charles Maucourt's Night Amusements.