Two grotesques caricatures shown in profile, a man on left and woman on right, laughing and smiling at one another
Description:
Title from item. and Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838.
Two grotesques caricatures shown in profile, a man on left and woman on right, laughing and smiling at one another
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from volume., Plate probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1842., and Restrike of no. 6696 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
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. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838, v. ii. no. 210., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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 (1837)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Mr. Pierie -- Mr. Maxwell.
A porter is shown beating Captain Crawford with a stick. Behind the pair is Miss Hay of Mountblairy and Crawford's sister who wields her own stick. An imaginary incident based on Captain Crawford's 1784 threat against the printmaker
Alternative Title:
Cudgeller caught
Description:
Title from item., Restrike probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Ediburgh: Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., and Restrike of no. 6691 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
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 (1837-8)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms -- Walking staves -- Weapons: muskets -- Bayonettes -- Samuel McDonald -- Gen. George Cranstoun.
John Dhu (or Dow), member of the Edinburgh Town Guard, shown bust length, in profile to the right
Alternative Title:
John Dow
Description:
Title from item., Chapter heading titled: John Dow., and Probably a restrike from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838.
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
"Men are fighting with clubs on a wide upper landing and on a flight of stairs (right) which leads to the hall below. Two doors open on to the landing, over one (right) is inscribed 'Freedom of Election'; through the other more men are seen with clubs, advancing to join the fray."--British Museum online catalogue and "During the general election of 1796 the boroughs of Inverkeithing (including also Stirling, Dunfermline, Queensferry, and Culross) were contested by Sir John Henderson of Fordel (the ministerial candidate) and the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone. The election of a delegate for Dunfermline was of vital importance. To secure this (for Johnstone) a party of Dunfermline councillors were lodged at the inn at Kinghorn, where the Town Clerk, John Hutton, and the hostess of the chief inn, Johanna (or Luckie) Skinner, were expert in managing elections. The inn was assaulted (unsuccessfully) by a body from Dunfermline, including colliers from Fordel (supporters of Henderson). After a series of incidents, arrests, &c, Johnstone was elected (20 June), though the delegate for Dunfermline voted for Sir John because the councillors who had been successfully taken to Kinghorn were under arrest. The election was confirmed on petition (Mar. 1797). The persons depicted include Col. Erskine, the leader of the attacking party, Hutton, and Skinner, and a postilion at the foot of the stairs who did great execution with the spoke of a wheel. 'Collection', No. 212. Kay, No. cccvii."--Dorothy George note
Description:
Title etched 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 (1837)., Text at top of image: Freedom of election., and Two impressions in the folder, the second a later photomechanical print.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Erskine, William, Sir, 1770-1813, Hutton, John, active 1796, and Skinner, Johanna, active 1796
Subject (Topic):
Political elections, Fighting, Interiors, Stairways, and Doors & doorways
Dr. Glen, an Edinburgh physician, stands on the left, facing the mad James Robertson who stands with his staff on the right
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from volume., Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
