- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1792] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 792.00.00.37.1 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Spirit of democracy
- Description:
- Title from item., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book; the 1842 edition was issued without numbers on plates and on smaller size sheets., Reprint from 1877 of no. 8151 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877)., Numbered '20' above the plate., and Temporary local subject terms: Asses -- Meetings -- Barns -- Signs: tavern signboards -- Fences -- Scottish constitutional opposition -- Conventions: delegates from the Societies of the Friends of the People throughout Scotland, Dec. 11, 1792 -- Literature: Allusion to William Wilkie's (f. 1792) The Rights of Asses.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Convention of asses, or, Spirit of democracy [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1787 i.e. not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 787.00.00.29
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Conversation demonstration [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1787 i.e. not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 787.00.00.29.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Conversation demonstration [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1792] and [not printed before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 792.00.00.97
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- 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.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Jones, T. S. (Thomas Snell)
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dr. Thomas Snell Jones
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1790]
- Call Number:
- 790.00.00.36.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below 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 (1877)., Numbered '21' in lower right of plate., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms -- Weapons: swords -- Major Fisher.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gentlemen draw your swords
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1787] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 787.00.00.27
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- 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.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Grand clerk [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1795] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 795.00.00.61
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., 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. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., and Numbered "117" in lower right of plate.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1790] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 790.00.00.129.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., 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 (1877)., Numbered '48' in lower right of plate., 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):
- Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 and Dundas, Robert, 1758-1819
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Henry Viscount Melville and the Hon. Robert Dundas of Arniston
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Decr. 12, 1796 and [not printed before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 796.12.12.04.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- James McKean at the Bar Edinburgh
- Description:
- Title from text below 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. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v.ii., Numbered "293" in lower right of plate., and Temporary local subject headings: Trials -- Military: guards -- Court rooms -- McKean, James, d. 1797.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > James McKean at the Bar Edinr. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1789] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 789.00.00.63
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of the book., Plate from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877 ed), v. i., Numbered in lower right of plate: 126., 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):
- Hope, Archibald, Sir, 1735-1794,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Horses, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Knight of the turf
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1785] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 785.00.00.108
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., 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 (1877)., Numbered in lower right of plate: 93., and Temporary local subject terms: Orlando Hart -- William Jamieson -- Archibald M'Dowall -- Edinburgh: High Street -- Pavements.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Levelling of the High Street of Edinburgh
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1792] and [not printed before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 790.00.00.130
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of the book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877)., Numbered '154' in lower right of plate., 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):
- Davidson, Thomas, 1747-1827
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Rev. Dr. Thomas Davidson
13.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1790] and [not printed before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 790.00.00.132
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., 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 (1877)., and Numbered '112' below design.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Wesley, John, 1703-1791,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Rev. John Wesley
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1806] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 806.00.00.47.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Sir William Forbes (Banker) with inscription "The Good Shall Mourn A Brother - All A Friend" (obverse) (obverse),"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877), v. i., Numbered '76' in the lower left corner of image., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland.
- Subject (Name):
- Forbes, William, 1773-1828,
- Subject (Topic):
- Bankers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The good shall mourn a brother, all a friend [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1789] and [not printed before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 789.00.00.60
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., 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 (1877) v. i, no. 30., Numbered in lower right of plate: 30., and Temporary local subject terms: Weapons: Maces.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland.
- Subject (Name):
- Carlyle, Alexander, 1722-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Hydra and Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The modern Hercules destroying the Hydra of fanaticism [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1784] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 877.00.00.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A tall, very thin Hugo Arnot handis a coin to a beggar who stands near the corner of a building
- Description:
- Title and printmaker from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6692., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of the book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877 ed.)., and Numbered '8' in lower right of plate.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- Arnot, Hugo, 1749-1786
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Hugo Arnot and Gingerbread Jock] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1795] and [not printed before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 795.00.00.74
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., 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. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. ii., Numbered "246" in lower right of plate., and Temporary local subject headings: Military uniforms: Scottish uniforms -- Military: change of guard -- Major Charles Johnstone.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Major Charles Johnstone] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1784 [i.e. not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 877.00.00.10
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The surgeon Alexander Wood is depicted full length and facing left, walking with an umbrella under his left arm
- Description:
- Title from item., Numbered '68' in lower right of plate., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877 ed.)., Printmaker and title from volume., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland and Edinburgh.
- Subject (Name):
- Wood, Alexander, 1725-1807.
- Subject (Topic):
- Physicians and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Mr. Alexander Wood] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1877]
- Call Number:
- 802.00.00.27
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title published volume., A restrike probably from: Kay, J. 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., Numbered '133' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Neil Fergusson -- Bomlawski.
- Publisher:
- Adam and Charles Black
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Neil Fergusson, Esq. Advocate, and the little Polish Count] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1798] and [not printed before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 798.00.00.55.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., 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. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Numbered '113' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Military reviews -- Military uniforms: colonel's uniform -- Strathspey Fencibles.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Grant, James, Sir, 1738-1811,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir James Grant of Grant, bart.] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1785] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 785.00.00.100
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., 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 (1877)., and Numbered in lower right of plate: 28.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Hunter-Blair, James, 1741-1787,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir James Hunter Blair] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1795] and [not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 795.00.00.60.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- 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. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Numbered "81" in lower right of plate., 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The Earl of Hopetoun] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1798 that is not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 798.00.00.65
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Duncan is his admiral's uniform
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., 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. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 1., Numbered '145' in lower right of plate., 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):
- Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804,
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Duncan] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1790] and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 790.00.00.131
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., 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 (1877 ed.)., Numbered '144' in lower right of plate., 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):
- Elder, Thomas, 1737-1799
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Thomas Elder of Forneth] [graphic]