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John Kay
1742-1826
I say we are fearfully & wonderfully made / K. fect.
etching with stipple & drypoint
image: 130 x 98 mm; plate mark: 142 x 102 mm; sheet: 150 x 111 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1575
Published:
[Edinburgh] : [publisher not identified], [1785?]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Inscription:
Library's copy has inscription in pencil identifiying the figure on the left as "Adam Smith".
Notes:
Suggested date of publication from the British Museum catalog.
Summary:
Caricature portraits of Alexander Hunter of Polmood and Roger Hog of Newliston. Hunter (left) walks in profile to the right, stooping, with a long cane; his dress is old-fashioned. Hog (right), very stout, stands full-face, his breeches partly unbuttoned and slipping from his waist. Behind is the balustrade of the North Bridge. Cf. British Museum catalog.
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