3625498 "And who is the gentleman in lace?", "Mr Wilkes, Sir." This information confounded him still more: he had some difficulty to restrain himself, and taking up a book sat down upon a window-seat and read (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "And who is the gentleman in lace?", "Mr Wilkes, Sir." This information confounded him still more: he had some difficulty to restrain himself, and taking up a book sat down upon a window-seat and read. Illustration for The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell (Routledge, 1859). Digitally cleaned image.); by Look and Learn.