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Arms granted to John Wilkes
Description
English: Satirical broadside in praise of John Wilkes with a mock coat-of-arms referring to his imprisonment, described in a key below:


"Arms 1. A General Warrant torn to rags; and, 2, A Bunch of broken Keys, denoting the Ruin of arbitrary Power. 3. The Tower of London, the Gates wide open, with a Flag bearing the white Horse (the Arms of the illustrious House of Hanover) and Magna Charta, denoting Freedom to all loyal Subjects and Friends to the Constitution; the words Habeas Corpus, under the open Gates, imply, that no British Subject can be imprisoned contrary to Law. 4, 5. Two Messengers in Mourning, with a Handkerchief in one Hand, lamenting their lost Places; and in the other Hand, a Staff with a Greyhound on it, denoting their Offices.
Supporters. 6. An English Mastiff, expressive of Fidelity, Constancy, and Watchfulness; the regal Crown in his Paw, denotes Loyalty. 7. An English Game-Cock, an Emblem of British Courage, never to be subdued but by Death.
Crest. 8. An Esquire's Helmet. 9. The Cap of Liberty, the indisputable Right of every Englishman, from the Prince to the Peasant.


Etching printed in red with letterpress title and legend in two columns, and with one vertical segment of type ornament. (n.p.: [1770?])
Depicted people Associated with: John Wilkes
Date between 1768 and 1770
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1768-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 164 millimetres (etching)
Height: 329 millimetres (printed area)
Width: 207 millimetres (etching)
Width: 207 millimetres (printed area)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.4407
Notes Stephens suggests that the print was published to mark the revocation of the outlawry of Wilkes on 8 June 1768, but it seems more likely that it appeared at the time of his release from King's Bench Prison in April 1770; it was referred to in the Public Advertiser, 22 June 1770.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4407
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(Reusing this file)		 © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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