Charles Sinclair a delegate to the British Convention / [graphic]

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Title: Charles Sinclair a delegate to the British Convention / [graphic]
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1794] and [not before 1877]
Publication Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Bust portrait in an oval, a distinguished-looking man in profile to the left, on a dark background, simulating a cameo or medallion. Above the design: 'Les privilèges finiront, mais le peuple est eternel'.
Description: Title etched below image.
Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book.
Numbered '237' in lower right of plate.
Motto above the image: Les privilèges finiront, mais le peuple est éternel.
Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2.
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 : oval image 8 x 6 cm, on plate 12.8 x 9 cm, on sheet 28 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1794
Material: etching, roulette over aquatint, stipple engraving, drypoint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Sinclair, Charles, active 1794,
Subjects: Sinclair, Charles, active 1794
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1794

Access: Public
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