A highland chieftain [graphic]

Description

Title: A highland chieftain [graphic]
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1791] and [printed not before 1842]
Publication Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from text 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 ed.).
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Highlanders -- Male costume: highlander chieftain.
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 15.2 x 8 cm, on sheet 25 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures Scotland 1791
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1842
Stipple engravings Scotland Edinburgh 1842
Material: etching, stipple engraving & drypoint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Scotland
Subject (Name): Gordon, George, Duke of, 1770-1836
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Subjects: Gordon, George, Duke of, 1770-1836 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > Scotland > 1790-1800
Scotland > 1791
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1842

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