john wilkes, the wilkites , and the scottish “other”
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John Wilkes, the Wilkites , and the Scottish “Other”. A satirical engraving of Wilkes by Hogarth, who shows him with a demonic looking wig and two editions of his "North Briton“ newspaper: No. 17 (which attacked, amongst others, Hogarth himself) and the famous No. 45. The meanings of John Wilkes. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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John Wilkes, the Wilkites, and the Scottish
“Other”
A satirical engraving of Wilkes by Hogarth, who shows him with a demonic looking wig and two editions of his "North Briton“ newspaper: No. 17 (which attacked, amongst others, Hogarth himself) and the famous No. 45.
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The meanings of John Wilkes• The cultural-history frame• Wilkes and social class• Wilkes and “Britishness”
Lord North astride the Parliamentary sewage of bribery and corruption. In a 1774 London Magazine cartoon, Wilkes will "stem the stream" for Britannia with his broom.
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The Return of the Tories• George III, 1760• Earl of Bute, and The Briton• Wilkes and The North Briton (1762)– “No. 45,” and the legal attack on Wilkes
• Popular Wilkiteism
A celebratory bowl, proclaiming “Wilkes and Liberty. No Bu - - ” (Bute)
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Wilkes and social class• Who supported Wilkes?• Patriotism and social status• Wilkes and identity– 1763: Wilkes’ triumph– 1768: Middlesex election– 1774: Lord Mayor
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Scottophobia• Wilkites and the Stuart legacy• The usefulness of anti-Scottishness– Traditional Englishness– It was “justified”!
Charles I: a Scot, a Stuart, a despot.
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“The Scots among us”• The 1745 Rising– Battle of Culloden, 4/16/1746– Cultural destruction of the Highlands
• Post-45 Scots favoritism?
Culloden
Inverness
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The Scottish Juggernaut• Scottish prosperity– 1750-1800: 300% rise in Scots overseas commerce
• Urbanization• The Scottish Enlightenment• The challenge to “Britishness”
The General Register House, Edinburgh, designed by the
architect Robert Adam, 1773