John Wilkinson

John Wilkinson was a London mezzotint engraver active from the 1760s to the early 1780s. He worked for leading publishers such as Thomas Hart and Carington Bowles, producing portraits and topical subjects for the commercial print market. His plates—typically unsigned except for his surname—show the smooth tonal handling characteristic of London mezzotint workshops of the period. Little is known about his life, but his surviving works place him among the group of engravers supplying rapid, popular imagery during the early years of the American Revolution