Leaf 16r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A night scene on a city street: a young woman, holding a basket on her arm and carrying another basket on her back meets a watchman who carries a lantern
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Baskets, Watchmen, and Lanterns
[1814 i.e. not before 1877] and [printed not before 1877]
Call Number:
814.00.00.21
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption 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. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Numbered '62' in the lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Portrait of three Edinburgh characters: James Robertson, the "daft highland laird", John Dhu or Dow, and Baillie Duff, shown half length
Alternative Title:
Three Edinburgh bucks
Description:
Title etched above 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 (1837)., and Restrike of No. 6689 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Robertson, James, d. 1790, Dow, John, and Duff, Jamie, -1788
Title etched 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)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Military drills -- Military uniforms -- Sgt. Major Patrick Gould or Guild, d. 1815.
Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to river Nile -- Reference to Edinburgh -- Travellers -- Tavern-keepers -- Authors -- Booksellers -- Reference to Cherokee Indians.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs
Subject (Name):
Bruce, James, 1730-1794 and Williamson, Peter, 1730-1799
"Men are fighting with clubs on a wide upper landing and on a flight of stairs (right) which leads to the hall below. Two doors open on to the landing, over one (right) is inscribed 'Freedom of Election'; through the other more men are seen with clubs, advancing to join the fray."--British Museum online catalogue and "During the general election of 1796 the boroughs of Inverkeithing (including also Stirling, Dunfermline, Queensferry, and Culross) were contested by Sir John Henderson of Fordel (the ministerial candidate) and the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone. The election of a delegate for Dunfermline was of vital importance. To secure this (for Johnstone) a party of Dunfermline councillors were lodged at the inn at Kinghorn, where the Town Clerk, John Hutton, and the hostess of the chief inn, Johanna (or Luckie) Skinner, were expert in managing elections. The inn was assaulted (unsuccessfully) by a body from Dunfermline, including colliers from Fordel (supporters of Henderson). After a series of incidents, arrests, &c, Johnstone was elected (20 June), though the delegate for Dunfermline voted for Sir John because the councillors who had been successfully taken to Kinghorn were under arrest. The election was confirmed on petition (Mar. 1797). The persons depicted include Col. Erskine, the leader of the attacking party, Hutton, and Skinner, and a postilion at the foot of the stairs who did great execution with the spoke of a wheel. 'Collection', No. 212. Kay, No. cccvii."--Dorothy George note
Description:
Title etched 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 (1837)., Text at top of image: Freedom of election., and Two impressions in the folder, the second a later photomechanical print.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Erskine, William, Sir, 1770-1813, Hutton, John, active 1796, and Skinner, Johanna, active 1796
Subject (Topic):
Political elections, Fighting, Interiors, Stairways, and Doors & doorways
Title from item., Plate from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder,1837-1838., and Temporary local subject terms: Earl of Errol or Lord Haddo?
Title from item., Numbered '84' in lower right corner. From volume 1., Plate from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877., and Temporary local subject terms: Earl of Errol or Lord Haddo?
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Silhouettes.
[1788, i.e., not before 1877] and [not before 1877]
Call Number:
788.00.00.30.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Numbered '132' in lower right of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Numbered '283' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. ii., In pencil in lower left corner: 20., and In pencil in lower right corner: Edinburgh Fish Women.
William Macdonald Officer to the Highland Society of Scotland
Description:
Title from item., 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. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver, and Gilder, 1842, v. ii. no. 284., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1815 i.e. not before 1842] and [printed not before 1842]
Call Number:
815.00.00.15
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., 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 Ms. annotations in pencil near lower edge of sheet.
Portrait of the drug grinder William Wilson (1709-1815), known as ‘Mortar Willie’, who supposedly worked as a drug grinder for various apothecaries, chemists and druggists in Edinburgh until his 106th year. He is shown seated, using a large pestle and mortar
Alternative Title:
William Wilson, commonly called Mortar Willie
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Apothecaries -- Compounding of drugs.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilson, William, 1709-1815,
Subject (Topic):
Old age, Pharmacists, Drugs, Dosage forms, Mortars & pestles, and Older people
Portrait of the drug grinder William Wilson (1709-1815), known as ‘Mortar Willie’, who supposedly worked as a drug grinder for various apothecaries, chemists and druggists in Edinburgh until his 106th year. He is shown seated, using a large pestle and mortar
Alternative Title:
William Wilson, commonly called Mortar Willie
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Apothecaries -- Compounding of drugs., and 1 print : etching ; plate mark 194 x 152 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilson, William, 1709-1815,
Subject (Topic):
Old age, Pharmacists, Drugs, Dosage forms, Mortars & pestles, and Older people
Leaf 7v. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A street vendor in a hat and coart stands on a cobblestone street in front of the Royal Exchange, holding in his hands several roasting jacks. A second man hauling a basket on his back walks away in the background
Alternative Title:
Front of Royal Exchange
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Cooking utensils, and Merchants' exchanges
Title from item., Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877 ed)., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book; the 1877 edition was issued with numbers on the plates., Numbered in lower right of plate: 10., and Temporary local subject terms: Presbyterian clergy -- Church interiors: Tolbooth Church -- Edinburgh: St. Giles's Church -- Sleepy congregations -- Strict Presbyterians: Tolbooth Whigs -- Campbell, John, d. 1795.
Title from British Museum catalogue., Second of three plates depicting walking-match between Hamilton Bell and Edward Innes, from Edinburgh to Musselburgh, 1792., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., and Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: spatterdashers, 1792 -- Trades: fishwives -- Bottle-holders -- Walking-matches -- Races: walking-match Bell vs. Innes, 1792 -- Innes, Edward, d. 1808 -- Cooper, James, d. 1818 (jeweler and Innes's bottle-holder).
[1792, i.e. not before 1842] and [printed not before 1842]
Call Number:
792.00.00.45.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from the British Museum catalogue., 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)., First of three plates depicting walking-match between Hamilton Bell and Edward Innes, from Edinburgh to Musselburgh, 1792., "No. 1.", Restrike of No. 8184 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Races: walking-match Bell vs. Innes, 1792 -- Walking-matches -- Bottle-holders -- Trades: fishwives -- Baskets: creels -- Fish -- Harnesses -- Bell, Hamilton -- Rae, John (surgeon-dentist and Bell's bottle-holder)., and "No. 1" in upper left corner illegible.
Title from item., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that 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):
Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804,
Title devised by cataloger., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Numbered '146' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Military uniforms: admiral's uniform -- Ships: quarter deck.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804,
Collection of mostly English engraved trade cards for a wide variety of London businesses, especially those advertising goods and services relating to household furnishings, men and women's attire and accessories such as gloves, boots, and swords, mercers and haberdashery being the most numerous. In addition there are cards for: cabinet makers, engravers and jewelers, clockmakers, tea shops, grocers, wine suppliers, exotic oil suppliers, apothecaries, hair styling, an auctioneer, and an undertaker. Also included are several invitations to private events such as a birthday party and a lodge meeting. Also included is one advertisement for an Edinburgh pewter shop and one for a French supplier of maps
"Portrait; full-length walking to right in a street past the corner of a building, left hand swung forward, wearing a dark suit, queue wig and tricorn."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Alexander Monro secundus and Dr. Munro, Senr
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anatomy.
"Two men face each other in profile; between and behind them is the stout, dishevelled back view of Roger Hog, see BMSat 6847. On the left the very corpulent body of William Macpherson, W.S., has the head ot the emaciated Hugo Arnot, whose thin body (right) has the thick-necked head of Macpherson. All wear hats."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Numbered '66' in lower right corner., and Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i.
Title from earlier state described in the British Museum online catalogue., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of the book., and Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842 ed.).
Title assigned by cataloger., Place and date of publication conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh :Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1842., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Andrew Nicol -- Midden Stead.
Title, imprint conjectured from that of book; the 1877 ed. was issued with numbers on plates., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchngs by the late John Ka. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i, no. 118., Numbered '118' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Andrew Nicol -- Midden Stead.
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, no. 32., and Numbered '32' in lower right corner.
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 headings: Scottish city officer -- Archibald Campbell, 1768-1833.
Title supplied 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., Numbered in lower right of plate: 329., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Scottish city officer.
Title assigned by cataloger., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Dedication below image: Dedicated without permission to the swine, the rabble & the wretches., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., and Temporary local subject headings: Hon. Simon Butler, 1757-1797 -- Walking staves.
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Bailie James Dickson -- Bailie James Torry., Later impression without the '49' in lower right corner., and 1 print ; sheet 27.3 x 21.3 cm.
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 (1877)., Numbered '164' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Giants -- Midgets -- Charles Byrne -- George Fairholme, 1730-1800 -- John M'Gowan, d.1805 -- Geordie Cranstoun.
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 headings: Donald Campbell of Sonachan, 1735-1808.
The figures are identified as John Campbell and Alexander Campell, with the Edinburgh character Baillie Duff, a blind Irish piper, Meek, and a fish-horn blower. This print was produced in response to Alexander Campbell's publication of a print that satirized John Kay, "A Medley of Musicians"; cf. British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Let puppy's bark and asses bray, each dog and cur will have his day
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Campbell, John, -1795. and Campbell, Alexander, 1764-1824.
Title from item., Numbered '299' in lower right of plate., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877)., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., 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.
Title from item., Numbered '303' in lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Mrs. Penelope Macdonald of Clanronald -- Captain Dalrymple, Hon. Elphinstone.
Title and printmaker from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7203 and Temporary local subject terms: Captain Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone -- Miss Penelope MacDonald -- Costume: Ladies' hat.
Title supplied 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,, Numbered '235' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Figure identified by ms. note in pencil near lower edge of sheet.
Title supplied 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 Plate mark cannot be determined.
Captain Mingay walks towards the right, followed by a porter carrying the dwarf George Cranstoun in a fishing creel
Description:
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 (1877)., and Numbered in lower right of plate: 19.
Title, place, and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., A restrike probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Plate numbered '82' in the lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from Kay, Series of original portraits ..., 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 : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1842, v. ii, pt. 1, p. 5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Walking staves.
The corpulent Colonel Hunter, bust length, stands in uniform, holding his stick over his shoulder
Description:
Title and printmaker from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay., 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)., and Numbered in lower right of plate: 40.
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.
Title assigned 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 (1842)., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Portraits, full-length: Dr. Glen on the left talking to Robertson, who stands opposite, his hat in his right hand and a staff topped with two heads."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Dr. Glen & Laird Robertson
Description:
Title from volume in which the print was issued., Later state, with plate number added., Plate from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings, by the late John Kay ... Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 1., Plate numbered "9" in lower right corner., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Idiocy.
Publisher:
Adam and Charles Black
Subject (Name):
Glen, Dr., -1786 and Robertson, James, -1790
Subject (Topic):
Mentally ill persons, Physicians, and Staffs (Sticks)
