[James Robertson of Kincraigie] [graphic]

Description

Title: [James Robertson of Kincraigie] [graphic]
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1784] and [printed not before 1842]
Publication Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A portrait of James Robertson, "The daft Highland Laird" walking to the right carrying his staff
Description: Title from an unverified card catalog record.
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 (1842 ed.).
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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 9.1 x 6.1 cm, on sheet 25 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures Scotland 1784
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1842
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Robertson, James, d. 1790
Subjects: Robertson, James, d. 1790 > Caricatures and cartoons
Scotland > 1784
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1842

Access: Public
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