An eminent judge of broom besoms!!! [graphic]
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15956827
Description
- Title
- An eminent judge of broom besoms!!! [graphic]
- Creator
- Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [1805]
- Publication Place
- Edinburgh?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"Portrait of broomseller and centenarian John Tait; whole length, standing in profile to right, wearing a patched coat with a bag in the pocket and a broad-brimmed hat, carrying brooms under his left arm, holding a staff in his right hand."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Copy of a print by A. Baillie after a drawing by W. Baillie. See: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 242.
For a later state with the number "220" etched below lower right corner of image, see: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Paton, 1877, v. 2, no. 220.
Three lines of text etched below title: Old John Tait the besom maker who travelled the country begging and selling besoms till he arrived at the age of one hundred & ten years. Died in Jany. 1772 leaving Young John and 27 other descendants.
"From an original print by J.K."--At bottom of plate.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges. - 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 24.6 x 20 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 805.00.00.50
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures Scotland 1805
Portrait prints
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1805 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Tait, John, 1662-1772,
- Subject (Topic)
-
Brooms & brushes
Occupations - Subjects
-
Tait, John, 1662-1772
Brooms & brushes
Occupations
Scotland > 1805
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1805
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12758181
- Object ID (OID)
- 15956827
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