print; satirical print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; satirical print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1868,0808.9886
Description: Satire on John Wilkes elected as an alderman of the City of London and therefore sitting as a magistrate, although until recently he had been serving a prison sentence; a trial scene with William Beckford presiding as Lord Mayor, and others on the bench including Alderman Thomas Harley, Wilkes, James Eyre, Recorder of the City, Lord Mansfield, Alderman Barlow Trecothick. Etching and engraving
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School/style
Production date: 1770
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 92 millimetres (image); Height: 109 millimetres; Width: 153 millimetres (image); Width: 164 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; law
Associated names: Representation of: John Wilkes; Representation of: William Beckford; Representation of: Thomas Harley; Representation of: Sir James Eyre; Representation of: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield; Representation of: Barlow Trecothick
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.9886

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