The good shall mourn a brother, all a friend [graphic]

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Title: The good shall mourn a brother, all a friend [graphic]
Creator: Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created: [1806] and [printed not before 1877]
Publication Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait of Sir William Forbes (Banker) with inscription "The Good Shall Mourn A Brother - All A Friend" (obverse) (obverse),"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877), v. i.
Numbered '76' in the lower left corner of image.
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 12 x 8 cm, on sheet 28 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures Scotland 1806
Drypoints Scotland Edinburgh 1877
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1877
Material: etching, aquatint & drypoint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Scotland.
Subject (Name): Forbes, William, 1773-1828,
Subject (Topic): Bankers
Subjects: Forbes, William, 1773-1828
Bankers > Scotland
Scotland > 1806
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1877

Access: Public
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