File:John Wilkes Esqr. & Liberty (BM 1868,0808.4320).jpg
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Title |
John Wilkes Esqr. & Liberty |
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Description |
English: Satirical broadside on the release of John Wilkes on 6 May 1763 after his arrest for seditious libel in the North Briton, No.45 where he criticised George Grenville, the incoming prime minister, for the king's speech commending the peace treaty with France.. Etched illustration showing Liberty introducing Wilkes, "My adopted Son", to Britannia. Liberty's cap is labelled, "North Briton, No.45"; Wilkes takes Britannia's hand promising, "I'll protect you as far as in my Power". On the left, stands Chief Justice Pratt who had freed Wilkes on grounds of parliamentary privilege; on the right four lawyers examine the "No. 45 North Briton" sating that it is "A Libel". Engraved title, inscriptions, and speech-bubbles, and with letterpress title and verses in two columns supporting Wilkes and condemning Lord Bute, and with one vertical segment of type ornament. (n.p.: [1763]) |
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Depicted people | Representation of: John Wilkes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1763 date QS:P571,+1763-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.4320 |
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Notes |
The verses were to be sung to the tune of "Chevy-Chase". The grounds for release were under parliamentary privilege, but the arrest had been under a general warrant and Wilkes went on to challenge the legality of such warrants. On 6 December 1763 Pratt ruled in the court of common pleas that general warrants could not be used as search warrants of unspecified buildings; this verdict was complemented by judgments of Chief Justice Lord Mansfield in the court of king's bench on 18 June 1764 and 8 November 1765 that ended the use of general warrants for the arrest of persons (ODNB, under John Wilkes) |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4320 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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