"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.).
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
Title from item., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., and Numbered "166" in upper left of plate.
Title etched 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):
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Carlyle, Alexander, 1722-1805, and Grieve, Henry, 1736-1810
Title from item., 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. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. ii., and Numbered in lower right of plate: 211.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Carlyle, Alexander, 1722-1805, and Grieve, Henry, 1736-1810
Title from text below image., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. ii., Numbered '199' in lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Dr. Mason?
"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
"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.
Title from text below image., Artist's monogram mostly worn from plate., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Numbered '95' in the lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.