File:Wilkes, and Liberty. (BM 1868,0808.4332).jpg
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Wilkes, and Liberty. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
After: Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale
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Title |
Wilkes, and Liberty. |
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Description |
English: Satire on Lord Bute: Britannia, holding the cap of liberty, is saved from the attack of Lord Bute who brandishes a dagger as he pulls off her robe by Pitt and Temple; Temple holds a sword aloft while Pitt catches her as she swoons. On the right, Wilkes and Churchill drive off Bute's supporters, who are wearing tartan; Wilkes tramples on Tobias Smollett who holds a shield lettered "Briton"; the shields held by Wilkes and Temple are lettered "North Briton". Engraved inscriptions, letterpress title and verses in two columns referring to the arrest and trial of Wilkes, and one vertical and one horizontal segment of type ornament. (London, Sumpter: [1763]) |
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Depicted people | Representation of: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1763 date QS:P571,+1763-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.4332 |
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Notes |
The facial types and the swooning figure of Britannia are close to those of prints designed by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale. The verses refer to Charles Pratt, Chief Justice of Common Pleas (later Lord Camden) who found that Wilkes, as an MP, was immune from the charge of seditious libel. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4332 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 13:32, 14 January 2008 |
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