Mr. Obrien the Irish giant the tallest man in the known world being near nine feet tall [graphic]

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Title: Mr. Obrien the Irish giant the tallest man in the known world being near nine feet tall [graphic]
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1803 i.e. not before 1837]
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. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838, v. ii. no. 210.
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 : plate mark 26.6 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 28 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures Scotland 1803
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1837
Aquatints Scotland Edinburgh 1837
Material: etching, engraving, aquatitnt, & stipple ;
Subject (Name): Cotter, Patrick, 1760-1806
Subjects: Cotter, Patrick, 1760-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Scotland > 1803
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1837

Access: Public
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