Standing from left to right, John Wemyss the town crier with his bell, Robert Clerk, bookseller, and George Pratt, also Edinburgh town crier in 1784
Description:
Title and imprint from that of book. and Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838.
Depicts standing from left to right, John Wemyss the town crier with his bell, Robert Clerk, bookseller, and George Pratt, also Edinburgh town crier 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 lower right of plate: 181.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh
Subject (Name):
Wemyss, John, d. 1788., Clerk, Robert, 1738-1810., and Pratt, George, fl. 1784.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of political material, the bulk of which consists of petitions and Parliamentary speeches made in 1640 and 1641. The grievances cited in a petition by "the Citizens of London" at York include "imposicions upon Merchandise imported and exported. The urging and levying of ship money...the great concourse of Papists and their adherents in London...The seldome calling and sodaine dissolving of Parlmt. without redressing your subjects grevances;" and a petition of "the Lay-Catholiques Recusants of England" begs for relief from persecution. Issues discussed in Parliament during this time include the trial of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, the Oath of allegiance to the Church of England, and the question of episcopal government. The manuscript also contains a satirical piece titled "Observations of Holland" which declares, "It is excellent for desparring Lovers, for each corner affoords a Willow; But if Justice should condemne one to bee hang'd on any other Tree, he may live long, and confident," followed by a similarly satirical piece on Scotland. A sermon "preacht at St. Gyles in Edinburgh...1638...by James Rowe" declares "The Kirk a Scotland cau'd a smeld as weele, as any Kirk ith the Warld. Than the Kyrk a Rounie smelt sa strang that at furst she cau'd a tauld yee, she taisted o the cheare o Babylon. But now bring in the stinkenest Papery under her Neese, and it wull savour as sweat as an Aple." The manuscript concludes with "The Oath all are to take, or to suffer as Papists" and a petition from "severall grammer schooles in and about the Cyty of London."
Description:
In English., Partial table of contents at beginning., Initials stamped on front and back covers: "T. D.", and Binding: full sheep.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Netherlands, and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Arundel and Surrey, Thomas Howard, second earl of, 1585-1646., Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641., and Great Britain. Parliament, 1640-1641.
Subject (Topic):
Catholics, Episcopacy, Satire, Sermons, Ship money, History, Politics and government, Religious life and customs, and Description and travel
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.
Full length portrait of Marquis of Graham on left standing back to back with the Earl of Buchan. Both wear Highland dress
Description:
Title from item., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1837)., and Printmaker, title, place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Name):
Montrose, James Graham, Duke of, 1755-1836. and Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829.
Full length portrait of Marquis of Graham on left standing back to back with the Earl of Buchan. Both wear Highland dress
Description:
Title from item., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877)., Printmaker and title from book., Numbered in upper right of plate: 116., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Name):
Montrose, James Graham, Duke of, 1755-1836. and Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829.
Full length portrait of Thomas Fraser, stable-hand, holding his broom and a glass of whisky as he dances a reel in gratitude before the lady from whom he has received the glass
Description:
Title and imprint from Kay volume. and Plate from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1838, Appendix, no. 18.
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.
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.
From left to right, Lieutenant Doyle, Mr. Sone and Captain Foster, all from the 24th Regiment, walking to the right with three ladies on the North Bridge
Description:
Title and printmaker from volume., Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
Publisher:
Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Name):
Doyle, William, active 1784., Sone, Samuel., and Foster, William, active 1784.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Clothing & dress, Military uniforms, and British
