The social pinch [graphic]

Description

Title: The social pinch [graphic]
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1789] and [1842]
Publication Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: publisher not identified
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 (1842 ed.).
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Edinburgh -- Lighting: Chairmen's lantern -- Male costume: Hose with tartan pattern.
Sheet creased, indicating that plate was originally folded.
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 14.9 cm, on sheet 25 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures Scotland 1789
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1842
Drypoints Scotland Edinburgh 1842
Material: etching with stipple & drypoint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dogs
Sedan chairs
Snuff
Subjects: Dogs
Sedan chairs
Snuff
Scotland > 1789
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1842

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