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John Wilkes, Esq.. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Print shows John Wilkes, half-length portrait, flanked by Hercules crushing a snake with his foot and Minerva wearing helmet and holding a spear.

Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1769, title page (cover).

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 234.

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01/01/1769
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