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.
"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,
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Silhouettes.
Title from item., Numbered '283' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. ii., In pencil in lower left corner: 20., and In pencil in lower right corner: Edinburgh Fish Women.
"Two men face each other in profile; between and behind them is the stout, dishevelled back view of Roger Hog, see BMSat 6847. On the left the very corpulent body of William Macpherson, W.S., has the head ot the emaciated Hugo Arnot, whose thin body (right) has the thick-necked head of Macpherson. All wear hats."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title devised by cataloger., Numbered '66' 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.
Title assigned by cataloger., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i, no. 32., and Numbered '32' in lower right corner.
Francis M'Nab, the "Laird of M'Nab" is depicted striding across the North Bridge
Description:
Title and printmaker from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay., Date of imprint conjectured from issue dates of books., and Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, (probably issued between 1837 and 1842).