John Kay. A Catalogue of Caledonian Satires by Sanders of Oxford, Antique Prints & Maps

JOHN KAY

A CATALOGUE of CALEDONIAN SATIRES Sanders of Oxford Antique Prints & Maps

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JOHN KAY A Catalogue of Caledonian Satires From 28th April, 2017.

Sanders of Oxford is pleased to present a collection of ďŹ fty two caricatures by the Scottish satirist, John Kay. Together, they provide a fascinating insight into aspects of political, social, and domestic life in Edinburgh during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. All works are available to purchase and will be on display in the gallery.

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John Kay John Kay (1742-1826) was a Scottish miniature painter, satirist, and engraver, chiefly celebrated for his caricatures of many of the most notable Scotsmen of his day. Born in Dalkieth, the son of a Mason, he was orphaned at a young age, and following an unhappy childhood with his mother’s relatives in Leith, he was apprenticed to the barber, George Heriot. After six years working under Heriot in Dalkieth, he moved as a journeyman barber to Edinburgh. In 1771, he joined the Corporation of Barber Surgeons, gained the freedom of the city, and set up his own barbershop. Despite having no formal training in, and no great talent for, the finer points of artistic pursuits, he pursued his drawing with dedication. Kay’s quick hand and canny wit made him a natural satirist, and the remarkable likenesses of his earlier portraits to their real world counterparts began to be noticed by his customers. The most important of these was William Nisbet of Dirleton, who would eventually become his patron. Nisbet’s death in 1784 brought Kay a small annuity, which enabled him to give up his barbershop, and focus his full attentions on his art. From a small shop in Parliament Close, Edinburgh, Kay issued his portraits. Redgrave attributes to Kay almost nine hundred plates, which constitute an unparalleled chronicle of Edinburgh life at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Kay’s portraits, though objectively of only slim artistic merit, are warm, lively, and in some cases, bitingly clever. His talent for provoking his subjects was famous, leading on one occasion to a failed prosecution, and on another to an apparent cudgeling. Despite this, Kay’s star continued to rise. In 1811 and 1816, his work was exhibited by the Edinburgh Associated Artists, and in 1822, he contributed to the Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Scotland. As early as 1792, he had planned to release a collection of his works in book form, along with a short biographical sketch that supplies almost all of the known details of his life, but the project remained unrealised at his death. It was not until 1837, almost a decade after his death, that a collection of 340 of his plates were first published.

02. [An Edinburgh auction] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1785] Image 103 x 86 mm, Sheet 108 x 89 mm

01. [2d. Plate of Dr. Duncan] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1797] Image 113 x 72 mm, Plate 120 x 74 mm, Sheet 128 x 78 mm A full length portrait of Dr. Andrew Duncan, standing in proﬁle to right, dressed in dark clothes, hat, and wig, an umbrella under his left arm. Dr. Andrew Duncan (1744-1828) was a physician and a medical professor at Edinburgh University. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall toning of paper, crease across sheet, manuscript note identifying sitter in pencil in bottom margin not aﬀecting the plate [42546] £40

A woman, identified as resembling Miss Dunbar, sister of Sir James Dunbar, Bart., walks into the wind, in profile to right, holding on to her feathered hat with her left hand, a nosegay in her right, her dark dress blown against her body revealing her figure. Dr. James Graham, in a white suit and black stockings, holding a bouquet of flowers, walks behind the woman, his coat tails blowing in the wind. Behind both figures are the balustrades of North Bridge Edinburgh. Inscribed “JK Fect. 1785”. Dr. James Graham (1745-1794) was a quack health philosopher, originally from Edinburgh, and famous for his notorious Temple of Hymen, Pall Mall, London. Lifetime impression. BM Satires 6846 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall light toning to paper, graingerised into an album page. [42329] £70

03. Andrew Donaldson John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1789] Image 88 x 66 mm oval, Plate and sheet 111 x 81 mm Half-length portrait of Andrew Donaldson, facing the viewer in dark coat with beard, right hand resting on an open book, which lies on others, his left hand raised and pointing, in an oval. “Kay del et sculp 1789” inscribed under image. Andrew Donaldson (1714-1793) was an eccentric schoolmaster and classicist from Dunfermline. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Trimmed to plate, some light creasing, surface abrasion to right and left corners, old glue stains in all corners, trimmed to the plate mark. [42578] £30

04. [Andrew Nicol] John Kay Etching, stipple, and aquatint [John Kay, 1802] Image 125 x 97 mm, Plate 137 x 100 mm, Sheet 141 x 102 mm A half-length portrait of John Nicol, smiling, seated at a table, wearing a tam o’shanter cap, tartan cravat, light and coat, holding and pointing at a sheet of paper inscribed “Andrew Nicol Midden Stead.” Inscribed “J. Kay, 1802” under the image. Andrew Nicol (died 1817) was an Edinburgh weaver who was involved in a 20 year long lawsuit with a gentleman over the location of a dung heap. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Excellent impression, repaired tear a bottom. [42600] £65

05. Behold, Couragious Collonel Monro, a Highland Hero, Turn’d a Blue Goun Beau John Kay Etching [John Kay, 1801] Image 65 x 65 mm vignette, Plate 95 x 65 mm, Sheet 97 x 70 mm A full length portrait of Colonel Monro turned slightly left, wearing a cape, a sash with badge, a tricorn hat with rosette, dark trousers, boots, a walking stick in his right hand crossed over his body resting on his right arm. Colonel Monro (fl. 1801) was a Jacobite, blue coat beggar, Edinburgh. Lifetime impression. State before date added. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Trimmed to plate on bottom, stain in image left. [42571] £45 06. [Charles Hope Esqr. Now Lord President of the Court of Session] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1802] Image 98 x 72 mm, Plate 123 x 83 mm, Sheet 134 x 92 mm A half-length portrait of Charles Hope Esqr, in profile to right, wearing dark robes, bands, and queue wig in an oval. Inscribed J. Kay 1802 below the image. Rt. Hon. Lord Charles Hope, Lord Granton (29 June 1763– 30 October 1851) was a Scottish politician and judge. He was lord justice general of Scotland, and MP for the City of Edinburgh. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Title inscribed in plate in pencil, overall time toning to paper, light overall surface dirt, small light stain in lower left of plate above the “L” on pencil inscribed title, small loss to upper right margin corner not affecting the plate or image. [42295] £40

07. Citizen Margarot Delegate from the London Corresponding Society to the British Convention. John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1794] Image 94 x 72 mm, Plate 132 x 93 mm, Sheet 134 x 95 mm A half-length portrait of Maurice Margarot defending himself when on trial for seditious practices in Edinburgh, January 13th and 14th, 1794. He stands facing left, in dark coat and queue wig, right arm outstretched, his left arm rests on books: ‘Magna Charta’, ‘Bill of Rights’, ‘Government always improveable’, ‘Original Power of the People’. On the table or shelf in front of him are also writing materials and other books: ‘Hanging Judges’, ‘Sedition’, ‘Universal Suﬀerage’. The papers in his left inscribed, ‘Did you not say that the Mob would be the better for losing a little blood!’ All in an oval. “I. Kay fecit 1794” under image. Maurice Margarot (1745-1815) was one of the founding members of the London Corresponding Society, a radical 18th century group which demanded parliamentary reform. He was convicted of sedition and sentenced to transportation to New South Wales for fourteen years. Lifetime impression. BM Satires 8507 Condition: Trimmed to the platemark, paper time toned. [42547] £50

08. [Col. Campbell of Blythswood] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1784] Image 119 x 91 mm, Plate 123 x 93 mm, Sheet 131 x 97 mm A full length portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel John Campbell standing in proﬁle to left, left foot forward, in fully military dress, holding a walking stick in his right hand, a sword by his left, a landscape with a castle in the background. “K. F. 1784” inscribed in the plate. John Campbell of Blythswood (1756-1794), Lieutenant-Colonel Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Light overall surface dirt and creasing, trimmed just outside the plate mark, otherwise an excellent impression. [42387] £55

09. [Colonel Hunter] John Kay Etching and aquatint [John Kay, 1784] Image 82 x 69 mm oval, Plate 83 x 72 mm, Sheet 103 x 79 mm Half-length portrait of Colonel Robert Hunter in miltary/naval jacket and cocked hat, holding a staﬀ with his right hand against his right shoulder, in an oval. “J.K. F 1784” inscribed lower right corner of plate. Colonel Robert Hunter (ﬂ. 1784) was the brother of Sir James Hunter-Blair, baronet Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Manuscript note in pencil identifying sitter in bottom margin. [42572] £45

10. Demonstration or Cause & Eﬀect. John Kay Etching [1817] Image 150 x 98 mm, Sheet 175 x 104 mm Full-length proﬁle portrait of a stout man, facing left, dressed in dark suit with a frilled cravat, fob, and tall black hat. Holding a scroll in his left hand, the man gestures forwards with his right. Lifetime impression. Condition: Trimmed within plate mark. Damage from glue residue on back visible through front, encroaching into image and title area. Discolouration to sheet. [36452] £35

11. [Dr. Andrew Duncan, Senr.] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1785] Image 100 x 61 mm, Plate 103 x 64 mm, Sheet 123 x 72 mm A full length portrait of Dr. Andrew Duncan, walking in proﬁle to right, left hand swinging forward, right foot forward, wearing a dark suit, tricorn hat, and a wig, a cane in his right hand, landscape behind. “ Kay F. 1785” inscribed in plate. Dr. Andrew Duncan (1744-1828) was a physician, and a professor of medicine at Edinburgh University. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Lights stains to corners from old glue, some light surface dirt, and old manuscript note in lower margin identifying the sitter. [42389] 11 £50

12. [Dr. Cullen] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1787] Image 105 x 82 mm, Plate 120 x 90 mm, Sheet 156 x 110 mm A half-length portrait of Dr. William Cullen, seated, looking right, head on left hand, a quill in his right hand over a book, wearing a dark coat and wig. JK Fec. 1787 inscribed under the image. On paper watermarked G&S 1799. Dr. William Cullen FRS FRSE FRCPE FPSG (15 April 1710 – 5 February 1790) was a Scottish physician, chemist, and agriculturalist, and one of the most important professors at the Edinburgh Medical School. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1746–47), President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1773–1775) and First Physician to the King in Scotland (1773–1790). He was also, incidentally, one of the prime movers in obtaining a royal charter for the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, resulting in the formation of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall light time toning and light surface dirt, water stain upper right corner in the plate but not aﬀecting the image, description inscribed in pencil below the plate mark at bottom. Crease in hair of sitter. [42296] £75

13. [Dr. Gregory Grant] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1799] Image 117 x 75 mm, Plate 123 x 81 mm, Sheet 134 x 87 mm A full length portrait of Dr. Gregory Grant standing and walking to the right, left hand out forward, dressed in dark coat, breaches, stockings, tricorn hat, and a stiﬀ chin-length wig. “I. Kay 1799” inscribed in plate. Dr. Gregory Grant (d.1803) was a physician in Edinburgh. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall time toning to paper, light creases to corners, and title inscribed in pencil in lower margin. [42318] £40

14. [Dr. Rae, Dr. Laing, with his niece, and Dr. Hay] John Kay Etching [John Kay, 1786] Image 93 x 121 mm, Plate 97 x 126 mm, Sheet 115 x 148 mm Portraits of three men standing in proﬁle either side of a young girl in striped dress. The man on the left in a light coloured suit with a dark hat, curled wig, holding a cane is identiﬁed as Dr. Rose. The man in the dark suit and hat, with striped waistcoat, holding the young girl’s hand is Lord Laing, and the girl is his niece. The man on the right in the dark coloured suit and hat is Dr. James Hay. “K Fecit 1788” scratched into the plate.

Dr. James Rae (1716-1791) Edinburgh surgeon Dr. William Laing (active 1789) Edinburgh surgeon Dr. William Hay (1725-1810) Edinburgh surgeon Lifetime impression. O’Donoghue 1 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall toning of paper, soiling to left and bottom margins, creasing to upper right just into plate, crease in lower left margin not aﬀecting the image, crease through image in left, manuscript annotation identifying sitters in ink in bottom margin into plate but not aﬀecting the image. [42512] £50

15. [Dr. Reverend Turnbull] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1802] Image 108 x 67 mm, Plate 112 x 70 mm, Sheet 125 x 85 mm A full length portrait of Dr. Reverend Alexander Turnbull walking to left, in profile, wearing dark coat, trousers, top hat, and lace up shoes, a cane in his right hand. This impression is the same as the one described in the British Museum. Turnbull wears a top hat, and his coat and the ground have not been strengthened. Dr. Reverend Alexander Turnbull (1748-1831) was a cleric who lived in Edinburgh. Lifetime impression. Condition: Trimmed just outside of the plate, creasing lower right corner to plate mark, manuscript identification of sitter across the bottom, under the image, not affecting the image. [42549] £45

16. Examination. John Kay Etching, stipple, and aquatint [John Kay, 1792] Image 116 x 152 mm, Plate 127 x 156 mm, Sheet 152 x 193 mm A caricature depicting John Kay, seated right, at a desk, being examined by Sheriﬀ John Pringle. Between them, a clerk is seated at a desk with his back to the viewer. In the foreground John Rae and Hamilton Bell, the larger man with paper in his left hand, sit in the foreground looking on in anger. “K Fecit 1792” scratched into the plate. Rae and Bell began legal proceedings after Kay published a print (BM Satires 8184) of Bell carrying Rae, a vintner’s boy, on his back from Edinburgh to Musselburgh.

After it was established that the event did take place, and that Kay had only presented the truth in his print, the prosecution was dropped. As Kay’s plate for the initial print had been barred from publication, Kay produced “Examination” while the prosecution took place. Lifetime impression. BM Satire 8186 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall time toning and light surface dirt, trimmed to the plate, small loss upper left not aﬀecting the image, manuscript annotation in lower margin not aﬀecting the plate. [42526] £75

17. [Exchange of Heads] John Kay Etching, stipple, and aquatint [John Kay, 1788] Image 102 x 74 mm, Plate 112 x 78 mm, Sheet 120 x 81 mm A caricature depicting William Macpherson and Hugo Arnot facing each other, Arnot’s emaciated head on Macpherson’s fat body on the left, and Macphersons’ head on Arnot’s thin body, between them the back of Roger Hog. Plate lettered “JK Fect. 1788”. William Macpherson (died 1814) Writer to the Signet. Hugo Arnot (1749-1786) writer and advocate. Roger Hog (died 1789) merchant and Director of the Bank of Scotland. Lifetime impression. BM Satires 7415 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall time toning of paper, old glue stains in corners, and some light staining across bottom. [42508] £60

18. Faithful service rewarded. John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1793] Image 125 x 88 mm, Plate 139 x 90 mm, Sheet 146 x 92 mm A caricature depicting Henry Dundas in proﬁle to right on the back of an ass, whip in hand. The two asses have the human heads of Dr. Henry Grieve and Dr. Alexander Carlyle, with asses’ ears and clerical bands, heads turned to face Dundas and saying. “Lo, are we not thine asses on which thou hast Rode these 30 years”, and “Have we not served thee in Religion & Politics” in speech bubbles. Dundas answers, “Yes, but are ye not Asses still!” A tree to right. ‘A Whim’ inscribed below title. A bill for improving Scottish parochial stipends was introduced in 1793, but withdrawn at the desire of the landed proprietors. At the General Assembly, Dr. Alexander Carlyle and Dr. Henry Grieve (the asses) charged the Government with ingratitude towards the moderate party in the Scottish ministry. Dr. Bryce Johnstone thereupon blamed them for their subservience and compared their position to that of Balaam’s ass. (M. Dorothy George, ‘Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum’, VII, 1942)

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811) Scottish advocate and Tory politician. He was the first Secretary of State for War and the last person in the United Kingdom to be impeached, for the misappropriation of public funds. He was a key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. Dr. Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805) Scottish church leader and minister. Dr. Henry Grieve (1736-1810) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1783 and was a co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in the same year. He was also one of the Deans in the Chapel Royal in Edinburgh and Chaplain in Ordinary to King George IV. Lifetime impression. BM Satire 8357 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Trimmed to plate, creasing to upper left corner, and small loss bottom left affecting plate mark, some toning to edges of paper. [42576] £55

19. Four Bucks [Dr Eiston; (Girolamo) Hieronymo Stabilini; Francis Macnab; Captain McKenzie] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1786] Image 110 x 104 mm, Plate 112 x 106 mm, Sheet 169 x 137 mm Four oval portraits arranged in facing pairs on a shaded background. All of the men are wearing dark cocked hats, dark jackets, and ruﬀed collars. Top left is Eiston and facing him is Hieronymo Stablini. Bottom left is Laird Francis McNab and facing him is Captain McKenzie. “(Bucks have at you all or who’s afraid)” and “Kay Fecit 1786” inscribed under the image. Dr. Eiston (active 1786) was a well-known macaroni at Edinburgh University, and later an assistant surgeon in the army. (Girolamo) Hieronymo Stabilini (1762-1815) was an Edinburgh musician, originally from Rome.

Francis Macnab (1734-1816) was 16th Chief of the Clan Macnab. Captain McKenzie of Redcastle (active 1786) was an oﬃcer in Seaforth’s regiment of Highlanders. McKenzie was found guilty of murder for ordering, when in command of a small post in Africa (1782), a mutinous deserter to be blown from the muzzle of a gun, but was pardoned. Lifetime impression. BM Satires 7026 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Light foxing to sheet, tipped to an album page, margins trimmed lower left and right, manuscript inscription in a contemporary hand in ink along bottom margin, otherwise an excellent impression on laid paper. [42386] £85

20. [George Pratt with a fool laughing at him] John Kay Etching [John Kay, 1784-1813] Image 80 x 99 mm, Plate 83 x 107 mm, Sheet 93 x 111 mm George Pratt, the town crier, shown half-length in proﬁle, holding a bell with his left hand. A man with curly hair, grinning and pointing, facing the viewer, stands in front of him. A manuscript note in pencil in the lower margin, says, “Pratt Crier, Foolish Nat laughing at him.” Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd

21. [James Ronaldson] John Kay Etching, stipple, and aquatint [John Kay, 1786] Image 80 x 47 mm, Plate 84 x 47 mm, Sheet 122 x 87 mm

Condition: Old glue stains to corners, some creasing to lower left corner just aﬀecting the edge of the image, inscription in lower margin in pencil. [42326] £45

A full length portrait of James Ronaldson standing in an arched doorway, left hand on his head, right hand by his side, wearing breeches, apron, waistcoat, shirt, and a dark neckerchief. Lettered with “O’Drouth” above the image and “JK. 1786” within the plate. James Ronaldson (ﬂ.1786) was a journeyman baker, and local strong man. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall toning to paper, minor loss to lower left corner of margin not aﬀecting image, and a manuscript inscription identifying sitter in lower margin. [42317] £30

22. John Steel of the Parish of Little Dunkeld Perthshire. Age 109 drawn from Life John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1805] Image 129 x 104 mm, Plate 140 x 107 mm, Sheet 144 x 109 mm A portrait of John Steel, head and shoulders turned slightly left, mouth open, wearing a hat with a turned up brim, and a coat with a wide collar. John Steel (1695- c.1805) was an Edinburgh centenarian and blue gown beggar. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Small margins, stain in image above the head of the sitter. [42390] £65

23. [Laird Robertson, commonly called the daft Highland Laird] John Kay Etching [John Kay, 1784-1813] Image 82 x 54 mm, Plate 89 x 60 mm, Sheet 111 x 91 mm A full length portrait of James Robertson, walking, in proﬁle, a cap on his head, pointing to a stick he holds in his left hand, on the stick a head with a plum. A young man stands to the left pointing at the head on the stick, a woman passes in the background. “J.K. f” inscribed in the plate. James Robertson of Kincraigie (active 1745-died 1790), known as ‘Daft Highland Laird’. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Light overall surface dirt, small loss to lower left margin corner, not aﬀecting the plate, inscription in pencil in lower margin. [42325] £60

24. [Lord Braxfield who presided at the Trials for Sedition] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1793] Image 100 x 76 mm oval, Plate 133 x 98 mm, Sheet 138 x 106 mm A half-length portrait of Robert MacQueen, seated at a table, turned slightly to right, wearing robes with ermine collar and cuffs, ribbons, bands, and a wig, his right hand resting on an open book on the table, in an oval. ‘I. Kay delt & Sculpt. 1793’ inscribed below the image. Robert McQueen, Lord Braxfield (1722 - 1799) was a Scottish advocate and judge, responsible for the invention of the crime of unconscious sedition. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Some surface dirt to edges, stain upper left, crease lower right corner, loss to paper into plate but not affecting image lower left, manuscript note in pencil identifying sitter along bottom. [42584] £45

25. [Lord Craig] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1799] Image 97 x 75 mm oval, Plate 132 x 94 mm, Sheet 140 x 105 mm A half-length portrait of William Craig, Lord Craig, seated, wearing robes, bands, and a queue wig, left arm resting on table over papers in an oval. I . Kay 1799 inscribed below the image. William Craig, Lord Craig (6 June 1745-8 July 1813) was a judge and essayist. He was a member of a literary group that produced the periodicals The Mirror and The Louger. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Over all time toning and light surface dirt, light crease in lower right corner, not aﬀecting the image, the title inscribed in pencil in plate. [42304] £45

26. [Lord Loughborough] John Kay Etching [John Kay, 1800] Image 98 x 74 mm oval, Plate 126 x 80 mm, Sheet 140 x 91 mm A half-length portrait of Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, seated, wearing a dark robe, bands, and a long wig, a quill in his right hand in an oval. Inscribed J. Kay 1800. Alexander Wedderburn, Ist Earl of Rosslyn (3 February 1733 – 2 January 1805) was created Baron Loughborough in 1798, and was Lord Chancellor 1793-1801. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Some light staining in corners from old glue residue, over all light surface dirt, and a printer’s crease in the centre. [42289] £75

27. [Lord Newton] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1806] Image 87 x 62 mm, Plate 89 x 62 mm, Sheet 123 x 95 mm A full length portrait of Charles Hay, Lord Newton, walking in proﬁle to left, dressed in a dark suit, top hat, and glasses, holding a cane in his left hand. “Kay, 1806” inscribed under image lower left. Charles Hay, Lord Newton, (1747-1811) was a Scottish judge. Lifetime impression. Condition: Manuscript note in pencil identifying sitter lower margin, and a small stain bottom plate mark. [42570] £40

28. [Margaret Suttie a salt wife] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1789] Image 133 x 90 mm, Plate 145 x 93 mm, Sheet 162 x 97 mm A full length portrait of Margaret Suttie, walking to right, holding a walking sick in her right hand, her left hand raised to her head, wearing dark clothing with a load on her back which she carries with a strap on her head, a dark cloth draped over the load, with the inscription, ‘Wha’l buy my lucky forpit o’ Sa-a’t. Na; Na; it ‘ill nae doe; - Deel ane yet. / J Kay 1799’ below. Margaret Suttie (active 1789) was an Edinburgh salt seller. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Trimmed to the plate top and sides, light surface dirt, “Margaret Suttie” inscribed in brown ink in lower margin. [42322] £30

29. [Mess.rs Gillespies] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1797] Image 75 x 102 mm, Plate 79 x 106 mm, Sheet 82 x 109 mm Half-length portraits of John and James Gillespie, facing each other in an oval. “I. Kay 1797” inscribed under image. James Gillespie (1726-1797) and his younger brother John (d. 1792/3) were partners in a tobacco and snuﬀ business in Edinburgh. James died a wealthy man, leaving £12,000 to build a hospital. John managed the tobacco shop. Lifetime impression. Condition: Trimmed just outside the plate mark, old glue stains to corner, some creases in upper right and lower left corners, identiﬁcation of sitter in pencil lower right under image. [42569] £40

30. Modern Moderation Strikingly Displayed or A Ministerial Visitation of a Sabbath Evening School John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1799] Image 185 x 124 mm, Plate 187 x 127 mm, Sheet 194 x 133 mm A caricature depicting William Moodie, Professor of Hebrew at Edinburgh University, standing and holding a young girl’s hand. He stands to right, wearing dark clothes and a round hat, a cane in the air, saying, “Dismiss! I order every one of you! go home and desire your Parents to teach you I have a right to be heard I say go Home -” Two schoolmasters stand at the farther end of the long desk, and on the extreme right, one says, “Sir! some of them have no Parents”. A group of young children sit at a long sloping desk, another group sit in the corner, while another group leave through a door to the left.

The General Assembly in Scotland had condemned Sunday schools as hot-beds of disaﬀection and in their ‘Pastoral Admonition’ of 1799 described their teachers as ‘persons notoriously disaﬀected to the civil constitution of the country’. In several places schools were accordingly suppressed. Dr. William Moodie of St. Andrew’s Church, Edinburgh, Professor of Hebrew in the University, having been asked by the teachers to inspect (and approve), instantly ordered the pupils to disperse. Lifetime impression. BM Satires 9453 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Small ink stain above the letter ‘D’ in the word ‘Displayed’, margins trimmed to just outside the plate mark, repaired tear upper right corner, faint crease upper right corner. [42391] £100

31. [Mr. Angelo Tremamondo, Esq., Riding Master] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1788] Image 183 x 183 mm, Plate 200 x 185 mm, Sheet 203 x 187 mm

Anthony Angelo Malevolti Tremamondo (c. 17211805) was a riding and fencing master in Edinburgh.

A portrait of Henry Angelo on horseback, to right, in a dark coat and hat, queue wig, boots with spurs, holding a whip in his right hand, landscape in background.

Condition: Overall toning to paper, trimmed to the plate, small losses to edges of paper, old repaired tears in left, creasing to corners. [42516] ÂŁ100

Lifetime impression. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donoghue 1 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd

32. [Mr. Francis Braidwood & Brothers of the Rose Vale] John Kay Etching, aquatint, and stipple [John Kay, 1789] Image 110 x 75 mm, Sheet 120 x 77 mm Francis Braidwood stands in profile to right, a slim cane in his right hand and his left hand raised as if he is addressing the braying donkeys in front of him. He wears a mid-coloured jacket with buttons, a round hat, dark britches, and shoes with laces. One of the donkeys has laces on his hooves. Lettered below, “ I say don’t Laugh for we are Brothers” and inscribed “Kay Fecit 1789”. Francis Braidwood (fl. 1789) was an Edinburgh cabinetmaker who Kay caricatures for his foppishness, and for being the first to wear shoelaces. Lifetime impression. BM Satires 7581 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Trimmed within the plate, old glue stains in corners, small repaired loss to upper left corner affecting the print boarder. [42327] £60

34. [Mr. John Wemyss, Robert Clarke, and George Pratt] John Kay Etching [John Kay, c. 1784-1813] Image 70 x 93 mm, Plate 82 x 93 mm, Sheet 104 x 95 mm

33. [Mr. Hume Ninewells] John Kay Etching [John Kay, 1784] Image 95 x 64 mm, Plate 97 x 67 mm, Sheet 112 x 73 mm A full length portrait of John Hume walking to right in proﬁle, slightly stooped, wearing a dark coat and breeches and tricorn hat, a cane in his right hand, his left hand tucked into his jacket, a bridge balustrade in the background. John Hume (d. 1786) was the older brother of philosopher David Hume. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Some staining to the corners where the print was once glued into an album. A pencil inscription below the image [42288] £50

Full length portraits of town criers, George Pratt and John Wemyss, the two to the outsides standing in profile with walking sticks and ringing bells, wearing dark clothes and tricorn hats. The central shorter figure is Robert Clerk the book seller, fatter than the other two, standing in profile, hands in his pockets, wearing dark clothes, and tricorn hat, and with the etched outlines of heads in the background. Robert Clerk (1738-1810) was a book seller and publisher. George Pratt (active 1784) was a Town crier. John Wemyss (died 1788) was a Town crier. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall toning of paper, and some very light surface dirt. Manuscript note in pencil in lower margin. [42324] £75

36. [Mr. Pierie & Mr. Maxwell two Batchelors] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1785] Image 95 x 107 mm, Sheet 98 x 110 mm

35. [Mr. John Wright Advocate] John Kay Etching [John Kay, 1801] Image 102 x 77 mm oval, Plate 133 x 95 mm, Sheet 134 x 100 mm

Full length portraits of Alexander Pierie and Mr. Maxwell standing either side of a group of three fashionably dressed women. “JK fecit 1785” inscribed in the plate. Alexander Piere (died 1786) was Extractor of the King’s Processes in Court of Session, Edinburgh, and a noted bon vivant.

A portrait in proﬁle of John Wright, turned to right and wearing his legal robes, frilled cravat, and wig.

Mr. Maxwell (died c. 1790) was an Edinburgh bon vivant.

John Wright (d. 1813) was a lecturer in law, and an advocate.

Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd

Condition: Trimmed within the plate mark, graingerised in an album page [42328] £80

Condition: Title inscribed in pencil within plate mark, light surface dirt. [42287] £40

37. [Mr. Lauchlan Bain] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1791] Image 109 x 71 mm, Plate 128 x 73 mm, Sheet 145 x 78 mm A full length portrait of Lauchlan Bain, standing in proﬁle to right in a dark suit and hat, holding toasting forks in his outstretched right arm and a roasting jack in his left, calling, “Nice rrrRoasting Jacks and toasting Forks” in a speech bubble, with the inscription, ‘Now for your quarters and Shoulders of Mutton or Lamb Geese and turkeys, any more a Wanting my hearty ones. What are you all asleep nous [sic] your time. I leave this City tomorrow & have Sold Sixteen Hundred down all well prov’d well try’d the last one now’ below. “I. Kay fecit 1791” etched in the plate. Lauchlan Bain (c. 1716-1818) was an Edinburgh street vendor of roasting jacks and toasting forks. Lifetime impression. O’Donoghue 1 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Old glue stains to corners, stain near ﬂyjack in image, loss to margin upper left corner. [42581] £40

38. [Mr. Newgent Pembrokeshire Cavalry] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1798] Image 153 x 103 mm, Sheet 164 x 104 mm A full length portrait of Newgent on horseback, in proﬁle to left, wearing a military uniform, sword at his side, on a dark horse. “I. Kay 1798” inscribed under the image. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd [42607] £40

39. [Mr. Robertson McGregor Gaelic Minister] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1787] Image 117 x 83 mm, Plate 121 x 86 mm, Sheet 128 x 90 mm A full length portrait of Reverend Joseph Robertson Macgregor in proﬁle to right, wearing dark suit, hat, and bands, holding a can in his right hand. “JK F 1787” inscribed in the plate under the image. Joseph Robertson Macgregor (d. 1801) was minister of the Edinburgh Gaelic Chapel. Lifetime impression. O’Donoghue 1 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Loss to upper and lower left corners repaired with diﬀerent paper, old glue stains in remaining corners, trimmed to the plate mark on left, manuscript note in pencil identifying sitter with in the bottom of the plate and lower margin. [42601] £40

40. Patent for Knighthood. John Kay Engraving [John Kay, 1792] Image 182 x 160 mm, Plate 233 x 167 mm, Sheet 234 x 167 mm

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811) was a Scottish advocate and Tory politician. He was the ﬁrst Secretary of State for War and the last person in the United Kingdom to be impeached, for the misappropriation of public funds. He was a key ﬁgure of the Scottish Enlightenment.

An adaptation of BM Satires 8103, the place of Pitt being taken by Sir James Stirling, Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1790, 1794, and 1798, died 1805). Dundas is not in Highland dress, but wears a voluminous cloak and round hat. Sinclair sits on a rectangular receptacle inscribed ‘Extracts from the Council.’ The satire relates to Dundas’s willingness to serve in any government and his unpopularity when he opposed Sheridan’s motion for the reform of the Royal Burghs.

Sir James Sterling (c. 1740-1805) was the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Lifetime impression. BM Satires 8118 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Condition: Overall toning to paper, some light creasing upper right and lower left, margins trimmed just outside the plate. [21314] £100

41. [Rev. Mr. Peddie] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1791] Image 82 x 60 mm, Sheet 108 x 70 mm Half-length portrait of Reverend James Peddie, turned three-quarters to left and viewer, wearing a dark coat, bands, and a chin length wig, his right arm resting on a book, in an oval frame. Reverend James Peddie (1758-1845) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister. Lifetime impression. Condition: Trimmed within the plate, ink stain in lower right, and title inscribed in pencil along the bottom of the sheet. [42320] £25

42. [Rev. Mr. Simeons from Cambridge] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1798] Image 94 x 70 mm oval, Plate 123 x 80 mm, Sheet 138 x 90 mm Half-length portrait of Rev. Charles Simeon, standing in proﬁle to right at a pulpit, leaning forward, gesturing with his hands, wearing dark robes, a book open on the pulpit, all in an oval. Plate inscribed “I. Kay 1798” below the image. Rev. Charles Simeon (24 September 1759-13 November 1836) was an evangelical English clergyman and considered an early inﬂuence on the evangelical movement in the Church of England. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Light soiling and title inscribed in pencil in lower margin [42319] £30

43. [Revd. James Lawson of Belvedere] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, c. 1790] Image 190 x 133 mm, Plate 197 x 135 mm A full length portrait of Reverend James Lawson, standing, turned to left, wearing dark suit, dark socks, dark shoes with buckles, on his head a shoulder-length curled wig. He takes a buttoned book with his right hand from a hand on the left of the picture. In his left hand is a pamphlet inscribed “Petition & Testimony”. Inscribed below, “The Perservering Peitioner for Justice & Patient witness against Iniquity; or , The Job of the present Times.” Inscribed “Kay Fecit” in the plate. Reverend James Lawson (d. 1788) was a Presbyterian minister in Edinburgh. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall time toning to paper, old glue stains to verso corners, creasing to top and bottom of sheet, thinning to paper upper left corner. [42388] £55

44. [Rev.d Dr. Blenshell of Dundee] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1797] Image 97 x 73 mm, Plate 107 x 77 mm, Sheet 210 x 135 mm approx. Half-length portrait of Reverend Dr. Blenshell, in proﬁle to left in a pulpit, wearing dark robes, bands, and wig, right hand raised with a cloth in it, and left hand raised at his side, in an oval. “I. Kay, 1797” inscribed beneath image. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Trimmed top and sides, larger sheet to bottom with manuscript note brown ink identifying the sitter. Paper weak at plate mark, loss of margin upper left. [42577] £40

45. [Rev.d James Struthers] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1791] Image 105 x 65 mm, Plate 134 x 82 mm, Sheet 140 x 87 mm A half-length portrait of Reverend James Struthers, standing slightly to right in clerical robes and wig, his right hand resting on an open book on a pulpit, his right hand draped over the edge, in an oval with hanging tassels. “I. Kay fecit 1791” inscribed beneath image. Reverend James Struthers (1770-1807) was the minister of the Relief Chapel of Edinburgh. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Manuscript note in pencil at bottom of plate identifying sitter. [42573] £40

46. [Rev.d Mr. Hall] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1784-1813] Image 84 x 64 mm, Plate 109 x 78 mm, Sheet 206 x 192 mm A half-length portrait of James Hall, turned slightly to left, wearing a dark jacket and waist coat, bands, and white wig, his left hand resting on an open book on a lectern. Reverend James Hall (1755-1826) was a Presbyterian divine, based in Edinburgh. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall toning to paper, left hand plate mark strengthened with an old repair to verso, manuscript note in brown in at bottom of sheet, [42574] £40

47. [Rev.d. Rowland Hill] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1795] Image 96 x 70 mm oval, Plate 125 x 80 mm, Sheet 233 x 146 mm A half-length portrait of Reverend Rowland Hill, in proﬁle to left with right hand raised, left hand by his side holding a light coloured cloth, a crowd surrounding him. Reverend Rowland Hill (1744-1833) was minister of Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Road, London, and advocate for the smallpox vaccine. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Minor foxing, manuscript inscription in brown ink at bottom of sheet identifying sitter, otherwise a good impression on a full sheet. [42580] £40

48. [Reverend John Erskine] John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1793] Image 92 x 56 mm, Sheet 102 x 57 mm A full length portrait of Reverend John Erskine, walking in proﬁle to right, dressed in dark coat, breeches, gloves, tricorn hat, dark wig, and bands. “I.K. 1793” inscribed in the plate under the image. Reverend John Erskine DD (1722-1803) was a Scottish theologian and minister of Old Greyfriars church, Edinburgh. Lifetime impression. O’Donoghue 2 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Trimmed within the plate to the image. [42599] 37 £30

49. Smith at the Bar John Kay Etching, stipple, and aquatint [John Kay, 1788] Image 89 x 66 mm oval, Plate 108 x 89 mm, Sheet 124 x 85 mm A half-length portrait of George Smith, seated, hands clasped holding a handkerchief, wearing a dark coloured jacket with buttons, striped waistcoat, and cravat in an oval. “Kay del et sculp 1788” inscribed below. George Smith (d. 1 October 1788) was an Edinburgh locksmith and greengrocer, turned thief. He was recruited by William Brodie in 1786 to join his gang of thieves.

He was tried with Brodie in 1788 for robbing the Excise Oﬃce, Edinburgh, and hanged on October 1, 1788. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Trimmed to the plate on the left and right, manuscript note in an old hand under the title in the plate and in the bottom margin that reads, “Tried for Robbing the Excise oﬃce Scotland”. [42305] £40

50. A Revd. Doctor John Kay Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1802] Image 108 x 67 mm, Plate 112 x 70 mm A full length portrait of Dr. Reverend Alexander Turnbull, walking to left in proﬁle, wearing dark coat, trousers, round top hat, and lace up shoes, a cane in his right hand, “A. Revd. Doctor” inscribed above. “J. Kay 1802” inscribed in the image above the ground. This impression is a variant of the one listed in the British Museum, the coat and ground have been darkened, the hat made round, the inscription added, and the location of Kay’s inscription and date altered to above the ground the subject walks on, and the plate has been cut down. Dr. Reverend Alexander Turnbull (1748-1831) was cleric who lived in Edinburgh.

51. [Thomas Neil singing ‘The Old Woman Clothed in Grey’] John Kay Etching [John Kay, c. 1784-1813] Image 72 x 49 mm, Plate 75 x 52 mm A portrait of Thomas Neil seated, wearing a head scarf, arms crossed in his lap. Thomas Neil (active 1780s) was a precentor in the old church Edinburgh. Lifetime impression. Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Repaired paper split on plate mark at the bottom of the image. [42323] £20

Lifetime impression. Condition: Time toning to paper, light horizontal stains across the top of the image, trimmed to the plate mark. [42548] £45

52. The Sapient Septemviri John Kay [after Ross] Etching and stipple [John Kay, 1786] Image 93 x 178 mm, Plate 153 x 187 mm, Sheet 154 x 213 mm A satire on the seven professors of King’s College, Aberdeen. Standing in a row facing the viewer, they are addressed by a preacher who stands in a boxshaped pulpit on the extreme left, holding an open book inscribed ‘Return Good for Evil’. The figures have numbers referring to their words, &c, engraved beneath the design. As described in the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum (VI: 1938), the preacher, ‘1, The Beauty of Holiness, Lecturing’, is Dr. Skene Ogilvy, senior minister of Old Aberdeen, noted for eloquence, humour, and unconventionality. He was very ugly, hence his nickname. The seven professors, wearing gowns, stand in a row on a pavement of black and white squares. The central one wears a papal crown surmounted by a cross. He is ‘5’, saying with a scowl, “Agriculture is the Noblest of Sciences, mind your Glebes, the Emperor of China is a Farmer”. He is Dr. John Chalmers, Principal of King’s College (d. 1800), who devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. The others (left to right): ‘8’, with the body of a skeleton, holds a scythe, but turns a cheerful profile to the right, saying, “Degrees Male and Female in Medicine and Midwifery, sold here for ready money”. He is Dr. William Chalmers, Professor of Medicine. Next is ‘7’, saying to the Principal, “Colledge property, Patronages are unalienable, so says the Law, the Noble Patron has rewarded most justly your Rapacity”. He is Dr. William Thorn, Professor of Civil Law (d. 1795) who was enraged by the alienation of patronages, and declared that the Earl of Fife, by giving so little for them, had justly rewarded rapacity. Next, and on the Principal’s right, is ‘6’, saying to him, “Has not the Effulgence of my Countenance been a light unto your feet, and a lamp unto your Paths”. He is the learned Thomas Gordon (d. 1797, aged 83), called ‘Humorist Gordon’, Professor of Philosophy. On the Principal’s left is ‘4’, saying, “I have rendered Vernacular the Greek Language from Aberdour to Aberdeen”. He is John Leslie (d. 1790, aged 69), Professor of Greek, reputed to have made the remark quoted.

Next is ‘3’, wearing a bonnet and Highland dress under his gown, and holding a long Lochaber axe. He says, “Annually for 45 years and upwards have I beat up, even to the Ultima Thule have I recruited, our University”. He is Roderick McLeod, Sub-Principal since 1764, whose tours in the north of Scotland to recruit for King’s College were famous. He succeeded Chalmers as Principal and died 1815 aged 87. On the extreme right is a jovial man wearing a mitre, in which is a pen. He is ‘2’, saying, “Had you not sold your Patronages, First Minister might have been annexed to my Divine Chair of Verity and taste”. He is Alexander Gerard, D.D. (1728-93), Professor of Divinity, author of works on taste (1759) and genius (1774), see DNB 1786. In order to increase the scanty revenue of King’s College, ‘superiorities and Church Patronages’ had been sold for £3,000 to the Earl of Fife, who thus acquired the patronage of about fifteen parishes. The professors are here probably caricatured for their opposition to a scheme (1786) for the union of King’s and Marischal Colleges (effected in 1860). Ross, who sent this sketch to Kay, was a native of Aberdeen and a former student of medicine. He lost a post as surgeon to the Navy for caricaturing the officers. Lifetime impression. BM Satires 7027 Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Overall toning and surface dirt to paper, trimmed to the plate top, right, and bottom, small loss to lower left into plate but not affecting the image, manuscript notes in pencil in left margin and in bottom inscription space identifying sitters and explaining the caricature. [42583] £65

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