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John Kay
1742-1826
[The Hon. Basil Cochrane and James Edgar, Esq., commissioners of the customs] / JK 1784.
[Edinburgh?] : [publisher not identified], 1784 [i.e., 1837?].
etching with stipple
sheet: 89 x 118 mm
Peel 1596
Notes
In this state, the numbering is not present at upper left.
Probably extracted from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1837).
Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book; the 1837 edition was issued without numbers on the plates.
Library's copy trimmed to image within plate mark.
Probably extracted from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1837).
Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book; the 1837 edition was issued without numbers on the plates.
Library's copy trimmed to image within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows Cochrane standing on the left, Edgar in the centre, both looking at an elderly bearded man who approaches them in a park, walking with a stick, holding out his hand to beg.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
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