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1. Mr. Obrien the Irish giant the tallest man in the known world being near nine feet high [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1803]
- Call Number:
- Print00384
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Mr. Obrien the Irish giant the tallest man in the known world being near nine feet high [graphic]
2. The craft in danger an uproar among the craftsmen at Ephesus, opposing a new species of knowledge which they thought might interfere with the profits of their trade. Acts XIX Ver. 23 &c. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1817]
- Call Number:
- Print00929
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed; represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the university of Edinburgh and "Caricature of a man (Dr Barclay) riding on the skeleton of an elephant in Edinburgh University, engaged in an academic disputation with other professors about muscular motion."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Uproar among the craftsmen at Ephesus, opposing a new species of knowledge which they thought might interfere with the profits of their trade
- Description:
- Title from text at top of image; remainder of title from text below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and torn with some loss from upper left, and printmaker's signature either lightly printed or possibly erased from sheet., Possibly a plate from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838, v. 2. no. 152., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: College of Edinburgh -- Royal College of Surgeons., and Printed description mounted with print.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Barclay, John, 1758-1826, Gregory, James, 1753-1821, Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844, Monro, Alexander, 1773-1859, Jamieson, Robert, 1774-1854, Johnson, Robert, 1765-, Barclay, John, 1758-1826., Gregory, James, 1753-1821., Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844., Monro, Alexander, 1773-1859., and University of Edinburgh.
- Subject (Topic):
- Anatomy, Comparative, Elephants, and Skeleton
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The craft in danger an uproar among the craftsmen at Ephesus, opposing a new species of knowledge which they thought might interfere with the profits of their trade. Acts XIX Ver. 23 &c. / [graphic]
3. [Alexander Munro] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1790]
- Call Number:
- Print00438
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait; full-length walking to right in a street past the corner of a building, left hand swung forward, wearing a dark suit, queue wig and tricorn."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Alexander Monro secundus and Dr. Munro, Senr
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., 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: Anatomy.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817
- Subject (Topic):
- Physicians
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Alexander Munro] [graphic]
4. [Dr. Graham lecturing in Edinburgh] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1785.
- Call Number:
- Print00701
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Graham, the well-known quack, stands above and behind a crowd of listeners, all men, some in profile, some in back view, some full-face, the heads and shoulders only being visible, except in the foreground where there is a row of half length figures seated apparently on a bench. The expressions of the audience vary, some look up at the lecturer, others turn their backs, many are grinning. Graham holds a rolled document in one hand as in British Museum Satires No. 6324, &c. The room is lit by a small pendant chandelier with four candles, and by single candles in sconces round the walls."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Dr. James Graham lecturing in Edinburgh
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with year "1785" added in lower right (digit "7" etched backwards). For earlier state lacking year, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.13.7., Possibly a nineteenth-century reissue; cf. A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838, v. 1. no. 12., and Annotation in pencil on verso: Dr. Jas. Graham lecturing.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Graham, James, 1745-1794
- Subject (Topic):
- Quacks and quackery, Public speaking, Audiences, Chandeliers, and Sconces
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Dr. Graham lecturing in Edinburgh] [graphic]