The Caledonian mercury, being a short account of the most considerable news, forreign [sic] and
Container / Volume:
Folder 1767
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Dorando. A Spanish tale ...
Description:
Num. 7006
Subject (Geographic):
Edinburgh
Collection Created:
Edinburgh [Scotland] : printed for W[illiam]. Rolland by William Adams Junior, and are to be sold at the printing house in Carrubbers Closs [sic] on the west side of the Bishops Land. Where advertisements and subscriptions are taken in ...
The Caledonian mercury, being a short account of the most considerable news, forreign [sic] and
Container / Volume:
Folder 1767
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Dorando. A Spanish tale ...
Description:
Num. 7007
Subject (Geographic):
Edinburgh
Collection Created:
Edinburgh [Scotland] : printed for W[illiam]. Rolland by William Adams Junior, and are to be sold at the printing house in Carrubbers Closs [sic] on the west side of the Bishops Land. Where advertisements and subscriptions are taken in ...
"An Edinburgh wynd or close. A man seated on a bucket is using it as a latrine. A man holding a bucket stands behind him, screening him with his cloak, and turning round to call "Haud your Hond Lossie" to a woman who is emptying a bucket of filth from a first-floor window. A man is seated on the ground on the right by a steaming cauldron, across which is a large spoon. He is calling "Twa dips & a wallop for a Baubee". The men are in Highland dress. Beneath the title is engraved: "Yi dunna ken what I can dee For I can set ye doon & cure ye tee"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st 1781 by J. Langham, St Brides Passage Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
Refuse disposal, Privies, City & town life, and Clothing & dress
Caption title., "Price to gentlemen, 2d. Tradesmen and servants, 1d."--Preceding imprint statement., "Tune, O' a the airts the wind, &c.", First lines read: Ye noblemen and gentlemen / Who're come to join the fun, / To see the races o'er again, / And nymphs upon the town., and Numbered in black ink "88" lower left corner. For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait of the Edinburgh town crier, in profile to the right holding a bell in his right hand
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.
Portrait of the Edinburgh town crier, in profile to the right holding a bell up to the head of an imbecilic young man
Description:
Title and imprint from volume., Numbered '14' above the plate mark., and Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838.
Alexander Thomson, a grocer, and Miss Crawford depicted walking toward the right at full length, her face obscured by a huge hat
Alternative Title:
Mr. James Thomson grocer, following Miss Crawford
Description:
Title from unverified card catalog., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1837)., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
Standing from left to right, John Wemyss the town crier with his bell, Robert Clerk, bookseller, and George Pratt, also Edinburgh town crier in 1784
Description:
Title and imprint from that of book. and Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838.
Depicts standing from left to right, John Wemyss the town crier with his bell, Robert Clerk, bookseller, and George Pratt, also Edinburgh town crier in 1784
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 in lower right of plate: 181.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh
Subject (Name):
Wemyss, John, d. 1788., Clerk, Robert, 1738-1810., and Pratt, George, fl. 1784.
