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John Kay

27 works

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Etched portrait of an older man in round spectacles and powdered wig, behind a draped table with a candle and classical colum

Henry Moyes. Etching by J. Kay, 1796

Francis Home. Etching by J. Kay, 1787

James Hamilton. Etching by J. Kay, 1789

Etching of a man in a top hat and long coat walking with a cane past a large tree on a grassy path.

John Bennet. Etching by J. Kay, 1787 [?]

Robert Bragge. Etching by J. Kay [?], 1787 [?]

James Gregory. Coloured etching by J. Kay, 1795

Alexander Monro. Etching by J. Kay, 1790

Alexander Wood. Etching by W. Kay, 1784

Etching of a stooped elderly man in a tricorn hat and long coat walking on grass, with a tree at right.

William Cullen. Etching by J. Kay, 1784

Gregory Grant. Etching by J. Kay, 1779, after himself

Etched side-view portrait of an elderly man in a top hat and frock coat walking in laced boots, dated 1819.

John Brown, walking. Etching by J. Kay, 1819

Etching of five men in period dress: a very tall central figure beside a small figure at right, on a wooden floor.

Charles Byrne, a giant, George Cranstoun, a dwarf, and three other normal sized men. Etching by J. Kay, 1794

Oval engraved portrait of Reverend Robert Macculloch in a wig and black gown, hand resting on an open book.

Portret van Robert McCulloch

1794

Engraved oval portrait of Citizen Margarot, a man in a dark coat and cravat holding a paper, with books and inkwell, 1794.

Portret van Maurice Margarot

1794

Spotprent op Napoleon, 1814

1814

Engraved self-portrait of John Kay seated beside a bust, with a cat on the chair and drawing tools on the table.

Portraits of Eminent Scotch Characters

1784-1819

Pen and watercolor caricature of a man in a tricorn hat conducting three braying donkeys in a hilly landscape, 1782.

John Campbell, Precentor, Conducting Three Braying Asses

1782

Portret van boekverkoper Archibald Constable

1823

Etching of six men in wigs crowded together examining prints, one holding a sheet with a laughing caricature face.

Zes verzamelaars bekijken prenten

1785

Zelfportret

1786

Etching of a crowded auction room with men in hats facing an auctioneer holding up a framed picture between two candles.

Veilingzaal van William Martin te Edinburgh

1752

A Triumvirate: The Daft Highland Laird (James Robertson), John Dhu or Dow (a member of the Town Guard), and Jamie Duf…

1784

Mr. John Campbell, Precenter in Cannongate Church

ca. 1784

Etched caricature of a singing man in a cocked hat with musicians, a dog, and two snarling donkeys beside him.

A Medley of Musicians, or, Campbell's Concert

1784

Etching of a smiling painter pointing at a painted portrait of a cat wearing spectacles in a studio with a window.

The Favourite Cat and De La-Tour Painter

1813

John Kay, Drawn and Engraved by Himself (Self Portrait with Cat)

1786

Etched caricature of a man in dark clerical dress standing on an open book, with a swarm of bees above his head, dated 1793.

Portret van dominee James Lapslie

1793

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