COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
true
Accession number:
14600-1
accession_number
14600-1
Accession number
false
Call number:
DD Drake 3174 c.2
call_number
DD Drake 3174 c.2
Call number
false
Title:
JOHN WILKES, Esq.
title
JOHN WILKES, Esq.
Title
false
Place:
Boston
place
Boston
Place
false
Date:
1769
date
1769
Date
false
Image technique:
Woodcut
image_technique
Woodcut
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
12.4 x 8.9 cm., image
image_dimensions
12.4 x 8.9 cm., image
Image dimensions
false
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.
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.
Narrative description
false
References:
Not in BM. Cresswell, American revolution, no. 234.
references
Not in BM. Cresswell, American revolution, no. 234.
References
false
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.
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.
Notes
false
Subject:
Tension between Britain and the American colonies.
subject
Tension between Britain and the American colonies.
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1769
normalized_date
1769
Normalized date
false