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John Wilkes

published by Mary Darly, after Kitchemer, after Robert Edge Pine
mezzotint, published 23 May 1768
20 in. x 14 in. (507 mm x 356 mm) plate size; 20 3/8 in. x 14 5/8 in. (516 mm x 372 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1958
Reference Collection
NPG D37525

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  • John Wilkes (1725-1797), Journalist, agitator and politician; MP for Aylesbury and Middlesex. Sitter associated with 49 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.

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  • Mary Darly (active 1760-1781), Artist and printseller; wife of Matthew (or Matthias) Darly. Artist or producer associated with 12 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Kitchemer (active circa 1768), Draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
  • Robert Edge Pine (1730-1788), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 73 portraits.

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Current affairs

William Pitt the Elder retires as Prime Minister due to ill health and is succeeded by Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.
Radical outlaw John Wilkes returns to England from France and is elected as MP for Middlesex. He finally surrenders to the King's Bench and is imprisoned.

Art and science

The Royal Academy is founded with painter Joshua Reynolds as its first president.
Encyclopaedia Britannica begins publication in Edinburgh. It appears in weekly instalments under the editorship of William Smellie.
Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in what is now Waterloo.
Laurence Sterne publishes A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.


International

Captain James Cook leads his first expedition to the Pacific from Plymouth, heading for Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus.
Boston citizens refuse to quarter British troops amidst growing unrest in the American colonies
Corsica is sold to France by the Republic of Genoa.

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