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
A light infrantryman dressed in full uniform executes a drill with his flintlock. The caption from the published plate reads: ... the right hand is brought sharp to seize the flintlock at the top of the left shoulder keeping the body square & elbows close
Description:
Title from print based on this drawing and later published in a volme by Rowlandson. and For further information, consult library staff.
Keppel in admiral's uniform, holding his hat in his right hand, his left hand in his waistcoat-pocket, stands full-length, looking slightly to the left
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 13 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 9 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Admiral Keppell.
Publisher:
Published [the] 14th July 1784 by James Bretherton
Keppel in admiral's uniform, holding his hat in his right hand, his left hand in his waistcoat-pocket, stands full-length, looking slightly to the left
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 15 with three other prints.
Publisher:
Published [the] 14th July 1784 by James Bretherton
Keppel in admiral's uniform, holding his hat in his right hand, his left hand in his waistcoat-pocket, stands full-length, looking slightly to the left
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Numbered '29' in contemporary hand in the upper right corner.
Publisher:
Published [the] 14th July 1784 by James Bretherton
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Duncan is his admiral's uniform
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. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 1., Numbered '145' in lower right of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804,
Portrait of Sir Ralph Abercromby after John Hoppner. Abercromby is half-length directed slightly to right, looking away to left, right-gloved hand at his waist; he wears a military uniform with epaulettes, sash, star, and a white stock
Alternative Title:
Sir Ralph Abercrombie
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date based on execution of John Hoppner painting., Copy of oil painting by John Hoppner, ca. 1798., and For further information, consult library staff.
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 (1842)., Numbered "15" above the plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"The Prince of Orange in old-fashioned uniform, heavily gold-laced, stands in profile to the left, looking up, both hands resting on a tall cane. He wears a cocked hat, long pigtail, aiguillettes, a star, a long sword, and clumsy jack-boots. He has not the heavy somnolent appearance of Gillray's portraits, cf. British Museum Satires No. 9065, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Possible signature "D12[?]" in lower right, partly scored through. The British Museum catalogue gives a tentative attribution to either Denis or Richard Dighton., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Leaf 78 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
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. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2., Numbered '345' in lower right of plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. 2., Numbered '328' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Major Skey.
"Portrait of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, three-quarter length, standing to right on a hill beside a tree, looking towards the viewer, leaning on a stick held in his left hand, holding a tricorn hat in the right; wearing uniform, sash over waistcoat, sword and queue wig; river below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of similar composition
Description:
Title from manuscript note in ink on mounting sheet., Engraved after a painting by Nathanial Dance; see description of another print of similar composition in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1920,1211.410. For a discussion of various versions of the painting produced by the workshop of Nathanial Dance, see description for NPG 39 in the online catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery, London., Proof before letters?, Approximate date of publication supplied by cataloger., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 451., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 382 (leaf numbered '197' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774,
Subject (Topic):
Government officials, British, and Military uniforms
Full length caricature of Lord Amherst wearing sash and sword, in profile to the left
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 13 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 9 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Lord Amherst.
Full length portrait of Burgoyne as M.P. for Preston. He wears military dress and is turning toward the left, his hat in the left hand, his right extended and holding a paper
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Plate numbered "XV" in upper left corner., 1 print : etching with roulette on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 19.7 x 13.3 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 4 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: General Burgoyne.
Full length portrait of Burgoyne as M.P. for Preston. He wears military dress and is turning toward the left, his hat in the left hand, his right extended and holding a paper
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Plate numbered "XV" in upper left corner., and Mounted on page 5 with three other prints.
Full length portrait of Burgoyne as M.P. for Preston. He wears military dress and is turning toward the left, his hat in the left hand, his right extended and holding a paper
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Plate numbered "XV" in upper left corner.
Full length portrait of the Duke of Richmond standing facing left, wearing general's uniform and holding hat in his left hand
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with dypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 13.4 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 9 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Duke of Richmond.
Publisher:
Published 3d July 1782 by C. Bretherton
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
