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1. [Mr. Alexander Wood] [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]
2. [The most noble the Marquis of Graham and the right hon. the Earl of Buchan] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1784 i.e. not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 877.00.00.08
- 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 (1877)., Printmaker and title from book., Numbered in upper right of plate: 116., and 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]
3. [Hugo Arnot and Gingerbread Jock] [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]
4. [Dr. Alexander Hamilton] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1786. and [printed not before 1877]
- Call Number:
- 786.00.00.71
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title assigned by cataloger., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., and Plate numbered "134" in lower right corner.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland and Edinburgh.
- Subject (Name):
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1739-1802,
- Subject (Topic):
- Physicians, Pregnant women, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Dr. Alexander Hamilton] [graphic]
5. [Francis M'Nab of M'Nab] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1784. and [not printed before 1842]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.04.2
- 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., Date of imprint conjectured from issue dates of books., and Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, (probably issued between 1837 and 1842).
- 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]
6. [Thomas Fraser a natural] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1838]
- Call Number:
- 837.00.00.37
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Full length portrait of Thomas Fraser, stable-hand, holding his broom and a glass of whisky as he dances a reel in gratitude before the lady from whom he has received the glass
- Description:
- Title and imprint from Kay volume. and Plate from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1838, Appendix, no. 18.
- Publisher:
- Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- Fraser, Thomas, -1789.
- Subject (Topic):
- Eating & drinking, Dance, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Thomas Fraser a natural] [graphic]
7. [William Doyle, Samuel Sone, and William Foster] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1837-1838]
- Call Number:
- 837.00.00.40
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- From left to right, Lieutenant Doyle, Mr. Sone and Captain Foster, all from the 24th Regiment, walking to the right with three ladies on the North Bridge
- Description:
- Title and printmaker from volume., Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
- Publisher:
- Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- Doyle, William, active 1784., Sone, Samuel., and Foster, William, active 1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Clothing & dress, Military uniforms, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Doyle, Samuel Sone, and William Foster] [graphic]
8. [The Hon. Basil Cochrane and James Edgar, Esq., commissioners of the customs] [graphic]
- 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]
9. [The most noble the Marquis of Graham and the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan] [graphic]
- 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]
10. [Hugo Arnot and Gingerbread Jock] [graphic]
- 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]
11. [Francis M'Nab of M'Nab] [graphic]
- 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]
12. Hooly and fairly [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 4 June, 1787.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- 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 with a horse, two cows, and a broken fence. In the foreground (right) is a large thistle."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Wholly and fairly
- Description:
- Title from caption below image, Illustration to a song in Scots engraved beneath the title with the refrain: 'O! gin my Wife wad drink Hooly and Fairly'., Verse in three columns below title begins: "Oh what had I ado for to marry My wife she drinks naithing but Sack and Canary ...", Numbered "581" in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 36 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Topic):
- Scots, Alcoholism, Clothing & dress, Drinking vessels, Ethnic stereotypes, Farmhouses, Fences, Intoxication, Spouses, and Thistles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hooly and fairly [graphic].
13. Hooly and fairly [graphic].
- 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].
14. S-th pilgrims on their journey to St. Stephens Chapel in obediance to the order of their high priest [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [January 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.01.00.05+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Five poverty-stricken Scotsmen are depicted walking to attend Parliament, four having crossed the Tweed river, the one on the furthest left about to cross. He is labelled "famine", the next two in the center are dancing a reel, and further to the right another (possibly Dundas) carries his breeches on a pole. The figure on the far right is leaning on two sticks. He is possibly Lord Adam Gordon
- Description:
- Title from item. and Mounted to 28 x 40 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as [the] act directs Jany. 1784 by J. Smith & sold at No. 66 Drury Lane
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Name):
- Gordon, Adam, Lord, approximately 1726-1801. and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811.
- Subject (Topic):
- National characteristics, Scottish, Poverty, Walking, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > S-th pilgrims on their journey to St. Stephens Chapel in obediance to the order of their high priest [graphic].
15. Contemplation [graphic]
- 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]
16. The General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland [graphic]
- 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]
17. May Day, or, Kate of Aberdeen [graphic]
- Creator:
- Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 March 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 33. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A girl standing in the middle of a circle of spectators in a village, wearing a veil and with her arms outstretched as if partaking in a game, the group including a figure in kilt in the left foreground and a shepherd behind, a church(?) tower visible above trees behind and landscape beyond at right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Kate of Aberdeen and Scene in the Scottish Highlands
- Description:
- Title from text below image., "It is assumed that the inscribed engraver's name is a mistake, and should read 'P.W. Tomkins'"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to a circular shape with loss of all text apart from the statements of responsibility. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1870,1008.36., Eight lines of verse below title, beginning: "Now Blithsom oer the dewy mead ...", and Mounted on page 33 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs March 4, 1782, by T. Macklin, No. 30 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Villages, Country life, Celebrations, and Shepherds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > May Day, or, Kate of Aberdeen [graphic]
18. The flowers of Edinburgh [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.08.01.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The flowers of Edinburgh [graphic].