Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker from an unverified card catalog record., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: 1762., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., An engraved letter in form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: "letter" by an envelope, "to" by a toe, "as" in Dundas by an ass., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2, Appendix, additional plate no. 357., and Temporary local subject terms: Devil.
Title from text 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 ed.)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Highlanders -- Male costume: highlander chieftain.
Crombie, Benjamin W. (Benjamin William), 1803-1847, printmaker
Published / Created:
1841.
Call Number:
841.00.00.36
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portraits of John Jardine and Alexander Kidston, both whole-lengths, walking in street, in hats and coats, Jardine with spectacles and umbrella, Kidston in chequered waistcoat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Jardine
Description:
Title from text etched below each figure in image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Questionable publisher from that of the volume in which this plate was published., Plate also published in: Crombie, B. Modern Athenians: being portraits of eminent personages in the metropolis of Scotland. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, MDCCCLI [1851]., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of left half of image. Description based on impression in the British Museum., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.3 x 20.3 cm., and Imperfect; left half of print showing Alexander Kidston has been trimmed away, leaving only the right half showing John Jardine.
Publisher:
Hugh Paton?
Subject (Name):
Jardine, John, 1777-1850 and Kidston, Alexander, 1762-1850
Title from item., An engraved letter in the form of a rebus., Printmaker from another impression, published in Kay's Original portraits., Original publication date in Stephens: 1762., Plate from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2, Appendix, additional plate no. 358., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: to by a toe, Devil by a half-length figure of a devil., and Temporary local subject terms: Devil.
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 (1877)., Numbered in lower right corner of plate: 162., and Temporary local subject terms: Artwork -- Three Graces (Mythological characters) -- Quizzing glasses -- George Fairholme -- William Scott -- James Kerr.
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). Plate folded to fit the text block of this edition of the book., Restrike of No. 9053 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject headings: Carron Iron Company, Falkirk, Scotland -- Fires.
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 (1877)., Numbered '207' in lower right of plate., Restrike of No. 9053 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject headings: Carron Iron Company, Falkirk, Scotland -- Fires.
Title devised by cataloger., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Plate probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1842., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Restrike from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1842., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Third of three plates depicting walking-match between Hamilton Bell and Edward Innes, from Edinburgh to Musselburgh, 1792., Temporary local subject terms: Races: walking-match Bell vs. Innes, 1792 -- Interiors: sheriff's office -- Trades: clerks -- Wagers -- Bell, Hamilton -- Rae, John (surgeon-dentist and Bell's bottle-holder) -- Pringle, John, Deputy-Sheriff of Edinburgh., and Restrike.