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2.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1805]
- Call Number:
- 805.00.00.50
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of broomseller and centenarian John Tait; whole length, standing in profile to right, wearing a patched coat with a bag in the pocket and a broad-brimmed hat, carrying brooms under his left arm, holding a staff in his right hand."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Copy of a print by A. Baillie after a drawing by W. Baillie. See: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 242., For a later state with the number "220" etched below lower right corner of image, see: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Paton, 1877, v. 2, no. 220., Three lines of text etched below title: Old John Tait the besom maker who travelled the country begging and selling besoms till he arrived at the age of one hundred & ten years. Died in Jany. 1772 leaving Young John and 27 other descendants., "From an original print by J.K."--At bottom of plate., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Tait, John, 1662-1772,
- Subject (Topic):
- Brooms & brushes and Occupations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An eminent judge of broom besoms!!! [graphic]
3.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1788.
- Call Number:
- 788.00.00.35.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Angelo-Tremanondo, riding-master, on horseback
- Description:
- Title assigned by cataloger.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Angelo-Tremamondo, Francis,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Angelo-Tremamondo, Esq.
4.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.00.00.72
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: Captain Vicars -- Captain Page.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Captain Page and Captain Vicars
5.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1787 i.e. not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 787.00.00.29
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., and Temporary local subject terms: Earl of Errol or Lord Haddo? -- Dr. James Hutton.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord, 1714-1799, Davidson, John, -1797, and Paton, George, 1721-1807
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Conversation demonstration [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1787 i.e. not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 787.00.00.29.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Plate from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877 ed.), Numbered '99' in the lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Earl of Errol or Lord Haddo? -- Dr. James Hutton.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord, 1714-1799, Davidson, John, -1797, and Paton, George, 1721-1807
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Conversation demonstration [graphic]
7.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1792] and [not printed before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 792.00.00.97
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., 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 (1877)., Numbered '206' in lower right of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Jones, T. S. (Thomas Snell)
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dr. Thomas Snell Jones
8.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1794] and [not printed before 1842]
- Call Number:
- 794.00.00.209
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text 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 (1842 ed.)., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Gilchrist, Archibald, 1766-1804,
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms and Scottish
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Edinburgh volunteer [graphic]
9.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1794] and [not printed before 1842]
- Call Number:
- 794.00.00.210
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An officer (right), Col. Patrick Creighton (the adjutant), standing in profile to the left, his right arm and forefinger extended, drills a body of stout volunteers who march (right to left) in a serried triangular mass in the middle distance. Behind (right) a stout officer, Captain Coulter, stands in profile to the left with drawn sword. Three men march stiffly from right to left. In the background a body of volunteers, described as the awkward squad, stands full-face. The men are conspicuous for civic portliness, and the neatness and uniformity of their dress, in contrast with contemporary satires on English militiamen, &c, cf. BMSat 8503."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Edinburgh Royal Volunteers
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., and Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842 ed.).
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Crichton, Patrick
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms and Scottish
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Edinr. Royal Volunteers [graphic]
10.
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1791]
- Call Number:
- 792.00.00.106 Shelved in Object Room C:D
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An engraved sheet folded and mounted on wooden sticks secured with brass and bone hardware to form a fan, probably designed as a portable aide-memoire, includes musical scores for eighteen dances as well as directions for the dance steps -- e.g., "The 2nd Lady Lead round the 2d. Gent, the Gent. Do the Same, Lead Down the middle up again Cast off. Pousete" is given for the Duke of Clarence's Fancy. The decorative border is hand-colored in pink. On the verso is a sheet decorated with a small emblem with musical instruments and notations
- Description:
- Title from engraved text at top head of sheet., Place of publication suggested by preponderance of Scottish tunes., Date of publication based on the arrival of the waltz in England in 1791, included in this selection. See Oxford companion to Music (7th ed.), page 1112., and Width of sheet is an approximation, trimmed within plate mark. A separate sheet mounted on verso is printed with an emblem incorporating musical instruments. The contemporary fan case is covered in mottled green and orange Dutch gilt paper.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Topic):
- Country-dances (Music), Country dancing, Musical instruments, and Musical notation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Eighteen of the most favourite new country dances [graphic].