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![[The] Sweets of Liberty. 45.](jpegs/55366.jpg)
[The] Sweets of Liberty. 45.
Painted by J. Collet. Engrav'd by S. Okey.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 31st 1770 and Sold by S. Okey the engraver [illegible, but also Reake, John Smith & John Swan].
An extremely rare mezzotint with engraving, with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 520mm (18¼ x 20½"). Trimmed close to plate, tear affecting title, some surface wear with parts of the inscription area illegible.
A scene outside the Fleet Prison with sellers selling ballads in support of John Wilkes, centred on a young woman holding up a ballad 'An irregular Ode to Wilkes & Liberty'. A buyer has '45' chalked on his back by a boy. On the left another woman presses 'Wilkes & Bull' on an unwilling Scotsman and behind a woman sells 'Parson Horne & the Devil' to prisoners reaching out through a barred window of the prison.
Not in BM but see 1872,1012.4775 for a smaller format version, 'The City Chanters', also engraved by Okey. Royal Academy 17/914.
[Ref: 55366] £1,450.00
Painted by J. Collet. Engrav'd by S. Okey.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament May 31st 1770 and Sold by S. Okey the engraver [illegible, but also Reake, John Smith & John Swan].
An extremely rare mezzotint with engraving, with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 520mm (18¼ x 20½"). Trimmed close to plate, tear affecting title, some surface wear with parts of the inscription area illegible.
A scene outside the Fleet Prison with sellers selling ballads in support of John Wilkes, centred on a young woman holding up a ballad 'An irregular Ode to Wilkes & Liberty'. A buyer has '45' chalked on his back by a boy. On the left another woman presses 'Wilkes & Bull' on an unwilling Scotsman and behind a woman sells 'Parson Horne & the Devil' to prisoners reaching out through a barred window of the prison.
Not in BM but see 1872,1012.4775 for a smaller format version, 'The City Chanters', also engraved by Okey. Royal Academy 17/914.
[Ref: 55366] £1,450.00