Item 32: Engraving of John Wilkes and John Glyn, unknown artist, [ca. 1774]

Item — Box: 6, Folder: 32

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Engraving of John Wilkes and John Glyn, unknown artist, [ca. 1774]

Dates

Created: [ca. 1774]

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Engraving

Condition Note:

Good.

Measurements:

8 ¼ in. x 5 in.

Title:

John Wilkes, Esqr. and John Glyn, Esqr.

Description:

The following item dated 1774, depicts an engraving with double bust portraits of John Wilkes and John Glyn on a plinth. Each of their images is captured in an oval frame with oak branches. Glyns sits on the right and Wilkes on the left, and there sits a sceptre and sword crossed between the two portraits, and hat of Liberty behind.The magna carta sits under Wilkes’ portrait and an illegible note sits under Glyn’s. An accompanying exhibit caption states:“This double portrait probably dates from 1774, when Wilkes and Glynn ran unopposed and Wilkes was at last seated in Parliament as a member from Middlesex. Note that it was possible to concurrently hold office as Lord Mayor of London and member of Parliament from another district.”