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2.
- Creator:
- Edinburgh (Scotland). Town Council
- Published / Created:
- 1655]
- Call Number:
- BrSides By6 1655
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Abstract:
- Forbidding the harboring of strangers not certified by the bailies.
- Description:
- Signed: Ia: Butter.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Topic):
- Brit tracts --1655
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Edinburgh, Ianuary 23. 1655 : Forsameikle, as there hath been several proclamations omitted be the provest, bailies, and counsel of this burgh ...
3.
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 4 June 1787.
- Call Number:
- 787.06.04.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly Scots bonnet laird or farmer stands repeating the song, which is a complaint of the extravagance and misconduct of his wife. He wears a round Scots bonnet and a tartan plaid over his coat, long stockings, and shoes tied with strings, tattered gloves from which his fingers protrude; a cane is suspended from his left wrist. He holds in his left hand a small tankard with an open lid indicating in London 'a dram' or gin. In the background is a small house, partly visible on the left, outside which stands the wife, drunk and flourishing a similar tankard; a wine-bottle lies at her feet, a man leans from the window. On the right is a farm building wiuth a horse, two cows, and a broken fence. In the foreground right is a large thistle."--British Museum catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Wholly and fairly
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of statement "Published as the act directs, 4 June 1787." See British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Printed for and sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Topic):
- Scots, Alcoholism, Clothing & dress, Drinking vessels, Ethnic stereotypes, Farmhouses, Fences, Intoxication, Pleading (Begging), Spouses, and Thistles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hooly and fairly [graphic].
4.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1784] and [printed not before 1837]
- Call Number:
- 837.00.00.31
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length portrait of Marquis of Graham on left standing back to back with the Earl of Buchan. Both wear Highland dress
- Description:
- Title from item., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1837)., and Printmaker, title, place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- Montrose, James Graham, Duke of, 1755-1836. and Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The most noble the Marquis of Graham and the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan] [graphic]
5.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1791] and [printed not before 1842]
- Call Number:
- 791.00.00.28
- 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 (1842 ed.)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Highlanders -- Male costume: highlander chieftain.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- Gordon, George, Duke of, 1770-1836
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A highland chieftain [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Allan, David, 1744-1796, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.00.00.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the right, the representatives of George III gathered on a dais under an ornate canopy with the King's initials on it, preside over a session of the Assembly. In the foreground, the ministers of the Church of Scotland are engaged in discussion and reviewing of documents. The surrounding pews are occupied by petitioners and their attorneys while the general public views the proceedings from the galleries above
- Alternative Title:
- General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Hugh Paton, Carver & Gilder to the Queen
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland. and Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- Church of Scotland. General Assembly.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Judicial proceedings, Courtrooms, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland [graphic]
7.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1784. and [not printed before 1837]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.04.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Francis M'Nab, the "Laird of M'Nab" is depicted striding across the North Bridge
- Description:
- Title and printmaker from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay., Artisit's monogram partially worn from plate?, Place and date of imprint from that of book., and Plate possibly from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1837 ed.).
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- M'Nab, Francis, -1816,
- Subject (Topic):
- Walking and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Francis M'Nab of M'Nab] [graphic]
8.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1784. and [not printed before1837]
- Call Number:
- 837.00.00.23 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Lord Monboddo is seated at a writing table in his study regarding the viewer intently
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, 1837., and Printmaker from no. 6694 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):
- Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord, 1714-1799,
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Contemplation [graphic]
9.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1784 i.e. not before 1837]
- Call Number:
- 837.00.00.29
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A tall very thin Hugo Arnot is depicted handing a coin to a beggar who stands near the corner of a building
- Description:
- Title from item., Place and date of imprint from that of book., Probably from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., and Printmaker and title from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6692.
- 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]
10.
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1837-1838.
- Call Number:
- 837.00.00.28
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an outdoor setting with trees, Cochrane on the left and Edgar in the center are shown with a beggar on the right who solicits a contribution
- Description:
- Title, printmaker and imprint from volume. and Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838.
- Publisher:
- Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland and Edinburgh.
- Subject (Name):
- Cochrane, Basil, -1788. and Edgar, James, -1799.
- Subject (Topic):
- Customs employees, Beggars, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The Hon. Basil Cochrane and James Edgar, Esq., commissioners of the customs] [graphic]
