William Hogarth
John Wilkes

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Artist William Hogarth (English, 1697–1764)English, 1697–1764

CultureEnglish

Titles

John Wilkes

Date1763

MediumEtching with engraving on laid paper, state I/II

DimensionsPlate: 14 × 9 1/8 in. (35.5 × 23.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (41.2 × 27.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment

Object number2023.74

Non exposé

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Prints and Drawings

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ProvenanceThe artist, 1763; [Andrew Edmonds, London, c. 1990]; Herbert M. Schiller, Maryland, after 1990; [David Tunick, New York, 2020-2022]; [Susan Schulman Fine Art, Inc., New York, as of 2022]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, David Tunick, Inc., William Hogarth Select Prints: A Private Collection, 2020
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, center bottom edge: John Wilkes Esq. / Drawn from the Life and Etch'd in Aquaforts by Will.m Hogarth / Price 1. Shilling / Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 16, 1763 [cursive]
Verso: [none]

Watermark: letters along the right edge of sheet [Fig. 1]. Not identified.

Fig. 1. Watermark

Catalogue raisonnéPaulson 214 I/II

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