"Portrait print of John Wilkes" [NMLH.2000.10.842]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.2000.10.842

Object Name
Print

Title
The Right Honble John Wilkes Esqr. Lord Mayor Of The City Of London And Memeber Of Parliament For The County Of Middlesex In The Year 1775

Place
London, Middlesex, England, UK

People
John Wilkes

Date
1784

Description
John Wilkes sits wearing his Lord Mayoral chain and holds in his left hand a document Magna Carta. On the table is a quill pen and ‘Bill of Rights’. The caption styles him as ‘The Right Hon. John Wilkes Esq. Lord Mayor of the City of London. And Member of Parliament for the County of Middlesex in the Year 1775.’

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