"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.
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.
"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.).