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.
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
