A porter is shown beating Captain Crawford with a stick. Behind the pair is Miss Hay of Mountblairy and Crawford's sister who wields her own stick. An imaginary incident based on Captain Crawford's 1784 threat against the printmaker
Alternative Title:
Cudgeller caught
Description:
Title from item., Restrike probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Ediburgh: Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., and Restrike of no. 6691 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Title supplied by cataloger., 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 : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2, no. 270., Numbered '270' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Clergy -- Sermons.
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 devised by cataloger., 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)., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title supplied by cataloger., 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 (1877)., and Numbered '112' below design.
Title supplied by cataloger., 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)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Clergy -- Sermons -- Rev. Robert Walker.
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 (1837-8)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms -- Walking staves -- Weapons: muskets -- Bayonettes -- Samuel McDonald -- Gen. George Cranstoun.
Title from item., Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Numbered '20' in lower right corner., Areas of original aquatint reworked with roulette., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms -- Walking staves -- Weapons: muskets -- Bayonettes -- Samuel McDonald -- Gen. George Cranstoun.