Accession number
PML 146857.17
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published 17th June 1782 by C. Bretherton, [1782]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from George.
A later state(?), lacking the roman numeral in upper left of plate.
Item no. 17 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
A later state(?), lacking the roman numeral in upper left of plate.
Item no. 17 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark: 176 x 113 mm; sheet: 220 x 151 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot of sheet: Mr Wilkes.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Full length portrait of Wilkes standing looking to the right, his arms hanging at his side. He wears a hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt, and sword, with wrinkled riding-boots. His squint is very pronounced, he looks toothless and much older than in the earlier caricatures. Cf. George.
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