Sujet
John Wilkes, English politician, 1762-1763 (1895). Artist: Unknown
Légende
John Wilkes, English politician, 1762-1763 (1895). Study for a cartoon Hogarth produced in 1763. Wilkes is wearing a wig that Hogarth has fashioned into two horns. He holds a cap (entitled liberty in the final cartoon) that Hogarth has positioned to make it look like a halo. On the table are copies of his newspaper The North Briton. In 1762 Hogarth had published a satire, The Times, that, for Hogarth, was unusually anti-war. It angered many politicians, including John Wilkes. Therefore Wilkes attacked Hogarth in The North Briton, by depicting him as an old fool. In response Hogarth produced this engraving. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1895.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1762
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C50_368
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (2,9Mo) / 28,0cm x 44,7cm / 3310 x 5284 (300dpi)