A design in five compartments, each occupied by a figure in profile to the right. Above each is an inscription. On the extreme left is a parson preaching from a pulpit; the head of the precentor appears in his desk beneath. Inscribed: 'I pray for all'. Next an advocate in his gown, his right hand raised: 'I plead for all'. Next a corpulent well-dressed man, holding up a sickle in his right hand: 'I maintain all'. Next is a still more corpulent military officer with a drawn sword: 'I fight for all'. Next is the Devil (no wings in this early state), prancing among flames, his talons extended: 'I take all'.
Description:
Title etched below image., The characters are: Dr. Andrew Hunter of the Tron Church, with John Campbell (unrecognizable), the precentor, see BMSat 5894, below him; Henry Erskine, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates 1785-96; James Rocheid of Inverleith, a distinguished agriculturist and absurdly self-important laird; Quartermaster Taylor, one of the defenders of Gibraltar., No. 56 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Erskine, Henry, 1746-1817, Hunter, Andrew, 1743-1809, and Rocheid, James
Portrait of three Edinburgh characters: James Robertson, the "daft highland laird", John Dhu or Dow, and Baillie Duff, shown half length
Alternative Title:
Three Edinburgh bucks
Description:
Title etched above 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 (1837)., and Restrike of No. 6689 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Robertson, James, d. 1790, Dow, John, and Duff, Jamie, -1788
"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.
"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
Title assigned 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 (1842)., 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):
Hay, Thomas, -1816. and Stirling, James, Sir, 1740 or 1741-1805
Title assigned 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 (1842)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Military uniforms: Scottish uniforms -- Military camps.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hopetoun, James Hope Johnstone, Earl of, 1741-1816