The first interview in 1786 [graphic]

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Title: The first interview in 1786 [graphic]
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1788] and [not printed before 1877]
Publication Place: Edinburgh?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "George Smith (left) stands in profile to the right holding his hat, gazing fixedly at Deacon Brodie (right), who stands almost full-face looking to the front. Smith's clothes are out at elbows. Brodie is well dressed, wearing a cocked hat, a seal hangs from his fob, he holds a tasselled cane. Beside him are (left) a spurred game-cock and a dog, whose fierce-looking head appears on the extreme right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i.
Print numbered '106' in lower right corner.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.8 x 12 cm, on sheet 28 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1877
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Brodie, William, 1741-1788,
Smith, George, -1788,
Subject (Topic): Criminals
Subjects: Brodie, William, 1741-1788
Smith, George, -1788
Criminals
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1877

Access: Public
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