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Print, Portrait of Joe Wilkes

This is a Print. It was print maker: George Clint and after Thomas Walker. It is dated 1803 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is mezzotint in brown ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 35 × 26.2 cm (13 3/4 × 10 5/16 in.) Paper: 48.6 × 34.2 cm (19 1/8 × 13 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on lower margin: lower left, "Painted by Tomas Walker"; in center: "London, Published Decr. 1, 1803, by T. Walker 32 Grafton St., Fitzroy Sqr." Lower right: "Engraved by George Clint."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Joe Wilkes; Print Maker: George Clint (British, 1770 - 1854); After Thomas Walker; England; mezzotint in brown ink on paper; Plate: 35 × 26.2 cm (13 3/4 × 10 5/16 in.) Paper: 48.6 × 34.2 cm (19 1/8 × 13 7/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-78

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