"Portrait; full-length walking to right, left hand tucked into his coat, wearing a tattered suit, a medal on a chain around his neck, torn apron, shoulder-length wig and tricorn with a dark cloth hanging at the back."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with plate number added., Plate from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings, by the late John Kay ... Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2., Plate numbered "175" in lower right corner., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mental deficiency.
Publisher:
Adam and Charles Black
Subject (Name):
Duff, James, -1788
Subject (Topic):
Intellectual disability and People with disabilities
Ministerial visitation of a Sabbath evening school
Description:
Title from item., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842 ed.)., and Temporary local subject headings: Interiors: schools -- Children -- Schoolmasters -- Clergy: ministers.
"Portrait of an exceedingly tall man wearing a striped waistcoat and tailcoat, resting his right elbow on an open door while a tailor stands on a chair on the right, measuring his other arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Giantism -- O'Brien, Patrick.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cotter, Patrick, 1759 or 1760-1806
Subject (Topic):
Giants (Persons), Human curiosities, and Tailoring
Title from item., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838, v. ii. no. 210., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Ninety four years have I sojourned upon this earth endeavouring to do good
Description:
Title etched below image., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1842., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Rev. Joseph Cole, 1748-1826.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wesley, John, 1703-1791 and Hamilton, James, 1740-1827
Title etched below image., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., Restrike of No. 8118 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Dundas's opposition to the reform of the Royal Burghs, 1792 -- Allusion to Edinburgh riots, 1792 -- Male costume: cloak., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within vertical plate lines, with minor loss to the statement of responsibility.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 and Stirling, James, Sir, 1740 or 1741-1805
Title from item., Numbered '150' in lower right of plate., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877)., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Restrike of No. 8118 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Dundas's opposition to the reform of the Royal Burghs, 1792 -- Allusion to Edinburgh riots, 1792 -- Male costume: cloak.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 and Stirling, James, Sir, 1740 or 1741-1805
Title devised by cataloger., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of the book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877)., Numbered '154' in lower right of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched below image., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1837)., Cf. No. 7582 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Fashion: male riding costume, 1789 -- Antiquarians -- Architectural details: columns.