COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
14600-1
Call number:
DD Drake 3174 c.2
Title:
JOHN WILKES, Esq.
Place:
Boston
Date:
1769
Image technique:
Woodcut
Image dimensions:
12.4 x 8.9 cm., image
Narrative description:
Images include: John Wilkes, crowned with laurel, supported by Britannia as Minerva and by Hercules, who treads upon the "serpent of envy." A cupid carries a liberty cap and the books, "Lockes Works" and "Sidney on Government," lie open.
References:
Not in BM. Cresswell, American revolution, no. 234.
Notes:
Frontis. to Bickerstaff's Boston Almanac, 1769. Wilkes supported the American cause and was among the leaders of the opposition to the King's ministers in Parliament. Image is described by text on verso.
Subject:
Tension between Britain and the American colonies.
Normalized date:
1769
JOHN WILKES, Esq.
