Five poverty-stricken Scotsmen are depicted walking to attend Parliament, four having crossed the Tweed river, the one on the furthest left about to cross. He is labelled "famine", the next two in the center are dancing a reel, and further to the right another (possibly Dundas) carries his breeches on a pole. The figure on the far right is leaning on two sticks. He is possibly Lord Adam Gordon
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 28 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as [the] act directs Jany. 1784 by J. Smith & sold at No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Name):
Gordon, Adam, Lord, approximately 1726-1801. and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811.
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, Scottish, Poverty, Walking, and Clothing & dress
Title devised by cataloger., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Scottish officers' uniforms., and Mounted to 17 x 12 cm.
Title devised 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 (1842)., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Order of the Holy Spirit (L'Ordre du Saint-Esprit).
