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.