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Three officers in the City of London Corporation holding different types of sticks ("characteresticks"): Lord Mayor Crosby with a scourge for wheat-speculators; John Wilkes with a Herculean club for defeating corruption; and and a bull representing Frederick Bull, with the sheriff's staff of office. Engraving after S.L., 1772.

A doctor giving a woman some medicine in front of a group of disagreeing men; representing Dr. Musgrave's attempt to bring charges against a group of politicians who had allegedly taken bribes from the French to complete the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Etching, 1769.

John Williams, a bookseller stands in the pillory in the Palace Yard, Westminster, surrounded by a cheering crowd. Engraving with ten verses in five columns below, 1765.

King George III sits in his library pondering which advice to accept: to govern by law or by force. Engraving, 1771.

Lord North and the Earl of Mansfield stand on a platform addressing a group of distressed patriots beyond which ships of war sail and sink. Engraving, 1776.

Dignitaries of the City of London receiving official addresses while imprisoned in a cell in the Tower of London. Engraving, 1771.

John Wilkes and the Foundling Hospital at Aylesbury, 1759-1768 / by V.E. Lloyd Hart.

The head of John Wilkes, the Lord Mayor Brass Crosby and the recently elected sheriff, Frederick Bull decorated with civic chains pass as meteors through the sky into the mouth of oblivion. Engraving, 1771.

Lord North stands on two blocks astride a stream carrying members of parliament which flows from the door of Westminster Hall. Engraving, 1774.

A stage scene showing an interior where a masked man in a close-fitting striped dress stands before a table on which sits a volume of the House of Commons, beyond which is an open window showing tailors at work in a building opposite. Engraving, 1769.

[John Wilkes correspondence].

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Wilkes, John, 1725-1797

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[John Wilkes correspondence].