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- 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]
- 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.
- 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]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1787] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 787.00.00.36
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait; half-length in profile to left, holding a scroll in his left hand; wearing a dark coat, jaw-length white wig and tricorn; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- McLure, John, -1787,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Grand chaplain [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1787] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 787.00.00.36.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait; half-length in profile to left, holding a scroll in his left hand; wearing a dark coat, jaw-length white wig and tricorn; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Numbered '67' in lower right corner., and Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- McLure, John, -1787,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Grand chaplain [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1812], [1784], and [printed not before 1837]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.82.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image. 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):
- Duff, Jamie, -1788
- Subject (Topic):
- Mentally ill persons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jamie Duff, an idiot commonly called baillie Duff died 1788 [graphic]
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- 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]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.00.00.29.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title assigned by cataloger based on unverified data on local catalog card., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. ii, no. 145., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Soldier.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Quartermaster Taylor
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1788] and [not printed before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 788.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George Smith (left) stands in profile to the right holding his hat, gazing fixedly at Deacon Brodie (right), who stands almost full-face looking to the front. Smith's clothes are out at elbows. Brodie is well dressed, wearing a cocked hat, a seal hangs from his fob, he holds a tasselled cane. Beside him are (left) a spurred game-cock and a dog, whose fierce-looking head appears on the extreme right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., and Print numbered '106' in lower right corner.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Brodie, William, 1741-1788, and Smith, George, -1788,
- Subject (Topic):
- Criminals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The first interview in 1786 [graphic]