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21.
The sporting ladies reply to Mr Reynard the Fox's list, or Burlesque, on them, and their profession

Published / Created:
[ca 1820?]
Call Number:
File 646 820 Sp764
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., "Price to gentlemen, 2d. Tradesmen and servants, 1d."--Preceding imprint statement., "Tune, O' a the airts the wind, &c.", First lines read: Ye noblemen and gentlemen / Who're come to join the fun, / To see the races o'er again, / And nymphs upon the town., and Numbered in black ink "88" lower left corner. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for the author
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The sporting ladies reply to Mr Reynard the Fox's list, or Burlesque, on them, and their profession, &c. : hawked by a black badger, his secretary

22.
This woman's song is 'caller osts', the sweetest song Edina boasts [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 16r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A night scene on a city street: a young woman, holding a basket on her arm and carrying another basket on her back meets a watchman who carries a lantern
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Baskets, Watchmen, and Lanterns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This woman's song is 'caller osts', the sweetest song Edina boasts [graphic].

23.
Ye cooks and champions of the belly, buy rowsting jacks from this strange fellow [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 7v. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A street vendor in a hat and coart stands on a cobblestone street in front of the Royal Exchange, holding in his hands several roasting jacks. A second man hauling a basket on his back walks away in the background
Alternative Title:
Front of Royal Exchange
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Cooking utensils, and Merchants' exchanges
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ye cooks and champions of the belly, buy rowsting jacks from this strange fellow [graphic].

24.
[Campbell's concert] [graphic]

Creator:
Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
1786.
Call Number:
786.00.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The figures are identified as John Campbell and Alexander Campell, with the Edinburgh character Baillie Duff, a blind Irish piper, Meek, and a fish-horn blower. This print was produced in response to Alexander Campbell's publication of a print that satirized John Kay, "A Medley of Musicians"; cf. British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Let puppy's bark and asses bray, each dog and cur will have his day
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Campbell, John, -1795. and Campbell, Alexander, 1764-1824.
Subject (Topic):
Bagpipes, Organ grinders, Donkeys, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Campbell's concert] [graphic]

25.
[Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson].

Creator:
Wilkinson, Tate, 1739-1803, collector
Published / Created:
[between 1748 and 1778]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
220
Abstract:
Some with unidentified notes; also some with dates and locations including: Drury Lane and Covent Garden; the provinces, including Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other locations
Description:
Includes some undated playbills.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., England, London., Ireland, Dublin., Scotland, Edinburgh., and Glasgow.
Subject (Name):
Covent Garden (London, England) and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Theater
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson].

26.
[Dr. Alexander Hamilton] [graphic]

Creator:
Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
1786. and [printed not before 1877]
Call Number:
786.00.00.71
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., and Plate numbered "134" in lower right corner.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Hamilton, Alexander, 1739-1802,
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Pregnant women, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Dr. Alexander Hamilton] [graphic]

27.
[Mr. Alexander Wood] [graphic]

Creator:
Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
1784 [i.e. not before 1877]
Call Number:
877.00.00.10
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The surgeon Alexander Wood is depicted full length and facing left, walking with an umbrella under his left arm
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '68' in lower right of plate., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877 ed.)., Printmaker and title from volume., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Wood, Alexander, 1725-1807.
Subject (Topic):
Physicians and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mr. Alexander Wood] [graphic]

28.
[The Hon. Basil Cochrane and James Edgar, Esq., commissioners of the customs] [graphic]

Creator:
Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
1837-1838.
Call Number:
837.00.00.28
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an outdoor setting with trees, Cochrane on the left and Edgar in the center are shown with a beggar on the right who solicits a contribution
Description:
Title, printmaker and imprint from volume. and Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838.
Publisher:
Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Cochrane, Basil, -1788. and Edgar, James, -1799.
Subject (Topic):
Customs employees, Beggars, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The Hon. Basil Cochrane and James Edgar, Esq., commissioners of the customs] [graphic]

29.
[Two Turks] [graphic]

Creator:
Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1784 i.e. not before 1837] and [not before 1837]
Call Number:
837.00.00.39
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of two traveling shoemakers, both wearing turbans, one on the left named Mahomet and his son Abraham, on the right. They visited Edinburgh in 1784
Description:
Title and printmaker from book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1837)., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
Muslims and Turbans
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Two Turks] [graphic]

30.
[Two Turks] [graphic]

Creator:
Kay, John, 1742-1826, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1784 i.e. not before 1877]
Call Number:
877.00.00.05
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of two traveling shoemakers, both wearing turbans, one on the left named Mahomet and his son Abraham, on the right. They visited Edinburgh in 1784
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., 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 (1877)., and Numbered in upper left of plate: 169.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
Muslims and Turbans
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Two Turks] [graphic]