"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.
Detached from volume. Laid in front cover. and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Title from item., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., and Temporary local subject terms: Earl of Errol or Lord Haddo? -- Dr. James Hutton.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord, 1714-1799, Davidson, John, -1797, and Paton, George, 1721-1807
Title from item., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Plate from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877 ed.), Numbered '99' in the lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Earl of Errol or Lord Haddo? -- Dr. James Hutton.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord, 1714-1799, Davidson, John, -1797, and Paton, George, 1721-1807
Title supplied 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 (1877)., Numbered '206' in lower right of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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.