[An exchange of heads] [graphic]

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Title: [An exchange of heads] [graphic]
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1785] and [not printed before 1877]
Publication Place: Edinburgh?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Two men face each other in profile; between and behind them is the stout, dishevelled back view of Roger Hog, see BMSat 6847. On the left the very corpulent body of William Macpherson, W.S., has the head ot the emaciated Hugo Arnot, whose thin body (right) has the thick-necked head of Macpherson. All wear hats."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Numbered '66' in lower right corner.
Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 11.4 x 8 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm
Language: English

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