Jamie Duff, an idiot commonly called Baillie Duff died 1788 / [graphic]

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Title: Jamie Duff, an idiot commonly called Baillie Duff died 1788 / [graphic]
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1877]
Publication Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: Adam and Charles Black
Abstract: "Portrait; full-length walking to right, left hand tucked into his coat, wearing a tattered suit, a medal on a chain around his neck, torn apron, shoulder-length wig and tricorn with a dark cloth hanging at the back."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title etched below image.
Later state, with plate number added.
Plate from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings, by the late John Kay ... Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2.
Plate numbered "175" in lower right corner.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mental deficiency.
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 14.6 x 8.7 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm
Edition: [State with plate no.].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Portrait prints
Satires (Visual works) Scotland 1812
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1877
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
Subject (Name): Duff, James, -1788
Subject (Topic): Intellectual disability
People with disabilities
Subjects: Duff, James, -1788 > Caricatures and cartoons
Intellectual disability
People with disabilities
Scotland > 1812
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1877

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