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)
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.
Francis M'Nab, the "Laird of M'Nab" is depicted striding across the North Bridge
Description:
Title and printmaker from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay., Date of imprint conjectured from issue dates of books., and Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, (probably issued between 1837 and 1842).
Francis M'Nab, the "Laird of M'Nab" is depicted striding across the North Bridge
Description:
Title and printmaker from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay., Artisit's monogram partially worn from plate?, Place and date of imprint from that of book., and Plate possibly from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1837 ed.).
Portrait of the Edinburgh town crier, in profile to the right holding a bell in his right hand
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from volume., Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
Portrait of the Edinburgh town crier, in profile to the right holding a bell up to the head of an imbecilic young man
Description:
Title and imprint from volume., Numbered '14' above the plate mark., and Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838.
A tall very thin Hugo Arnot is depicted handing a coin to a beggar who stands near the corner of a building
Description:
Title from item., Place and date of imprint from that of book., Probably from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., and Printmaker and title from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6692.
A tall, very thin Hugo Arnot handis a coin to a beggar who stands near the corner of a building
Description:
Title and printmaker from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6692., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of the book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877 ed.)., and Numbered '8' in lower right of plate.
Alexander Thomson, a grocer, and Miss Crawford depicted walking toward the right at full length, her face obscured by a huge hat
Alternative Title:
Mr. James Thomson grocer, following Miss Crawford
Description:
Title from unverified card catalog., 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.
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.
