Item 45: Photograph by Unknown,1944, Mezzotint by Richard Houston of [John] Glyn, John Wilkes, and John Horne [Tooke], Published by Robert Sayer, [1769]
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 45
Dates
- Created: [1769]
Creator
- Houston, Richard, 1721/2-1775 (Person)
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
Type of Material:
Photograph.
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
7 ⅞ in. x 5 ⅜ in.
Title:
N/A
Description:
The following item dated 1944, depicts a photograph of a mezzotint by Richard Houston of John Glyn, John Wilkes, and John Horne Tooke. The three appear in full body depiction, seated around a table covered with written documents and an ink quill and pot. They wear powdered wigs, black robes, and ornate three piece suits beneath. Wilkes wears a white collar, seated center, with the other two figures, Horne and Glyn, wearing dual arm neck ties. The piece was published by Robert Sayer.
An accompanying exhibit caption states: “In this picture of a painting in the National Portrait Gallery in London, John WIlkes is in the center. John Glyn (left) pleaded in the King’s bench against the outlawry of Wilkes in 1768. John Horne Tooke (right) helped Wilkes found the Society for the Supporters of The Bill of Rights.”
We have a print of the original mezzotint in the collection, item 6.24. Item 21: A Mezzotint by Richard Houston of [John] Glyn, John Wilkes, and John Horne [Tooke], Published by Robert Sayer, [1769] (removed to Black Box#1). That item gives more description to what captions are included on the item, as well as an accompanying exhibit sketch of the scene.
Transcription:
In pencil, on back:
See page 93
This volume
1944
Glynn, Wilkes and Tooke (Left) (Centre) (Right)
1944
Glynn, Wilkes and Tooke (Left) (Centre) (Right)
Creator
- Houston, Richard, 1721/2-1775 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu