Item 28: Engraving of John Wilkes by John Miller, (removed to Oversized Box #2), 1763 June 30
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Dates
- Created: 1763 June 30
Creator
Access:
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Engraving.
Condition Note:
Okay.
Measurements:
15 ½ in. x 10 ½ in.
Title:
John Wilkes, Esqr. Member of Parliament for Aylesbury Bucks.
Description:
“Wilkes was the son of a successful distiller. He also married money: the marriage did not last, the money lasted longer. With the help of influential friends, Wilkes secured (or purchased) a seat in parliament from Aylesbury in 1757, and won the general election in 1761.
The North Briton controversy made Wilkes a popular hero on both sides of the Atlantic. Six weeks after Hogarth’s unflattering view of Wilkes, this heroic pro-Wilkes print appeared.
The verse is from Alexander Pope.
There was even a German version of the print.”
Transcription:
John Wilkes Esqr.
Member of Parliament for Aylesbury Bucks
Great without TItle, beyond Fortune bles’d;
Rich ev’n when plunder’d honour’d while opress’d;
Lov’d without Youth, & follow’d without Power;
At Home, tho’ exil’d: free, tho’ in the Tower.
Pope
I, Miller del:et Sculpe, Publ: acc: to the Act June 30 1763. By J, Miller. Maiden Lane. Price: 2.s 6.d
Creator
Repository Details
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu