Byrne, the Irish giant, Mr. Watson, Mr. M'Gowan, Mr. Fairholme, and Geordie Cranstoun

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Title: Byrne, the Irish giant, Mr. Watson, Mr. M'Gowan, Mr. Fairholme, and Geordie Cranstoun
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1794] and [printed not before 1842]
Publication Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842).
Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book.
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 : sheet 25 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1842
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Byrne, Charles, 1761-1783,
Cranstoun, Geordie, active 1784,
Fairholme, George, active 1730-1800,
McGowan, John, -1805,
Watson, Alexander,
Subject (Topic): Beggars
Dwarfs
Giants (Persons)
Singers
Subjects: Byrne, Charles, 1761-1783
Cranstoun, Geordie, active 1784
Fairholme, George, active 1730-1800
McGowan, John, -1805
Watson, Alexander
Beggars
Dwarfs
Giants (Persons)
Singers
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1842

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