A Recorder on his Pilgrimage
DateSept. 27, 1770
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and whtie line engraving and etching
DimensionsTrimmed past plate: 4" X 6 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1960-149
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "A RECORDER on his PILGRIMAGE."Lower margin reads: "A Man of Honour and a Gentleman--- [HARLEY]"
Label TextThis shows Mr. James Eyre, Recorder of London, in a Lawyer's gown, but barefooted and without breeches, with a label on his shoulder on which is written "Degraded." He walks to our left, or as an inscription on a wall behind him indicates, on "The Way to Court", and holds a "Petition for Place or Pension." The scene is in front of guildhall, London. Mr. Eyre turns and looks at the entrance to this building, and sees John Wilkes, who had been elected Alderman of Farringdon ward, without, in the act of introducing Mr. Serjeant Gltnn. Below the design is engraved: "A Man of Honour and a Gentleman-Harley." (The Harley has been trimmed on this copy so that you can just see the very top of the letters.) This print appeared in the London Magazine, 1770, p. 522.
March 7, 1757
