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11.
[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]

12.
[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]

13.
[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]

14.
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]

15.
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].

16.
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].

17.
S-th pilgrims on their journey to St. Stephens Chapel in obediance to the order of their high

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].

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].