"Four oval bust portraits arranged in two pairs on a shaded background. Above (left) is Eiston, a young man in profile on the right wearing a cocked hat, a leading macaroni among students at Edinburgh University, afterwards an army surgeon. Facing him is Hieronyno Stabilini, a violinist, d. Edinburgh 1815, aged 54. Below, the Laird of McNab faces Captain McKenzie of Redcastle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Number '120' on lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Dr. Eiston -- Captain M'Kenzie -- Dr. Stablilius -- Francis McNab.
Title devised by cataloger., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byrne, Charles, 1761-1783,, Cranstoun, Geordie, active 1784,, Fairholme, George, active 1730-1800,, McGowan, John, -1805,, and Watson, Alexander,
Title assigned by cataloger., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. ii., and Numbered "249" in lower right of plate.
Title assigned by cataloger., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Billair, Captain -- Walking staves -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms.
Bust portrait in an oval, a distinguished-looking man in profile to the left, on a dark background, simulating a cameo or medallion. Above the design: 'Les privilèges finiront, mais le peuple est eternel'.
Description:
Title etched below image., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Numbered '237' in lower right of plate., Motto above the image: Les privilèges finiront, mais le peuple est éternel., and Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2.
Title from item., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Numbered '231' in lower right of plate., and Motto above image: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Title etched below image., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., and Motto above image: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Title etched below image., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2., and Numbered '359' in lower right of plate:
Title from text below image., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877)., Numbered in lower right corner of plate: 162., and Temporary local subject terms: Artwork -- Three Graces (Mythological characters) -- Quizzing glasses -- George Fairholme -- William Scott -- James Kerr.
Title from item., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book; the 1842 edition was issued without numbers on plates and on smaller size sheets., Reprint from 1877 of no. 8151 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877)., Numbered '20' above the plate., and Temporary local subject terms: Asses -- Meetings -- Barns -- Signs: tavern signboards -- Fences -- Scottish constitutional opposition -- Conventions: delegates from the Societies of the Friends of the People throughout Scotland, Dec. 11, 1792 -- Literature: Allusion to William Wilkie's (f. 1792) The Rights of Asses.
Title from item., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., and Temporary local subject terms: Earl of Errol or Lord Haddo? -- Dr. James Hutton.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord, 1714-1799, Davidson, John, -1797, and Paton, George, 1721-1807
Title from item., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Plate from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877 ed.), Numbered '99' in the lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Earl of Errol or Lord Haddo? -- Dr. James Hutton.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord, 1714-1799, Davidson, John, -1797, and Paton, George, 1721-1807
Title from text below image., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842). Plate folded to fit the text block of this edition of the book., Restrike of No. 9053 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject headings: Carron Iron Company, Falkirk, Scotland -- Fires.
Title from text below image., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877)., Numbered '207' in lower right of plate., Restrike of No. 9053 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject headings: Carron Iron Company, Falkirk, Scotland -- Fires.
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.
Engraved title page., Date of publication transposed following place of publication., With original marble wrappers on printed sheet and a front label: Cries of Edinburgh (Plain.) Price sixpence., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by L. Scott, bookseller end of College Drummond Street
Title from item., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., and Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842).
