Edinr. Royal Volunteers [graphic]

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Title: Edinr. Royal Volunteers [graphic]
Alternative Title: Edinburgh Royal Volunteers
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1794] and [not printed before 1842]
Publication Place: Edinburgh?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "An officer (right), Col. Patrick Creighton (the adjutant), standing in profile to the left, his right arm and forefinger extended, drills a body of stout volunteers who march (right to left) in a serried triangular mass in the middle distance. Behind (right) a stout officer, Captain Coulter, stands in profile to the left with drawn sword. Three men march stiffly from right to left. In the background a body of volunteers, described as the awkward squad, stands full-face. The men are conspicuous for civic portliness, and the neatness and uniformity of their dress, in contrast with contemporary satires on English militiamen, &c, cf. BMSat 8503."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
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 ed.).
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 20.1 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 25 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) Scotland 1794
Drypoints Scotland Edinburgh 1842
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1842
Material: etching & drypoint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Crichton, Patrick
Subject (Topic): Military uniforms
Scottish
Subjects: Crichton, Patrick > Caricatures and cartoons
Military uniforms > Scottish
Scotland > 1794
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1842

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