[Voltaire, the French philosopher, and Mr. Watson, an Edinburgh messenger] [graphic]

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Title: [Voltaire, the French philosopher, and Mr. Watson, an Edinburgh messenger] [graphic]
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1789] and [printed not before 1842]
Publication Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Plate from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842), v.i., page 205.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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 : sheet 25 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures Scotland 1789
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1842
Drypoints Scotland Edinburgh 1842
Material: etching with stipple & drypoint and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Voltaire, 1694-1778
Subject (Topic): Eyeglasses
Subjects: Voltaire, 1694-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Eyeglasses
Scotland > 1789
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1842

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