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John Kay
1742-1826
[Hugo Arnot and Gingerbread Jock] / I Kay.
Published
[Edinburgh?] : [publisher not identified], 1784 [i.e. 1837]
etching with stipple & drypoint
sheet: 125 x 96 cm
Peel 1581
Notes
Probably extracted from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. (1837).
Printmaker and title from George.
Place and date of imprint from that of book.
A probable reissue of the 1784 etching.
Library's copy closely trimmed to image.
Later state of: No. 6692 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George.
Printmaker and title from George.
Place and date of imprint from that of book.
A probable reissue of the 1784 etching.
Library's copy closely trimmed to image.
Later state of: No. 6692 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A tall very thin Hugo Arnot is depicted handing a coin to a beggar ("Gingerbread Jock") who stands near the corner of a building.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
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