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John Kay
1742-1826
The five all's / I. Kay delt. sculpt.
[Edinburgh] : [publisher not identified], 1788.
etching on wove paper, with aquatint
sheet: 142 x 184 mm
Peel 1582
Notes
Title etched below images.
The characters are: Dr. Andrew Hunter of the Tron Church, with John Campbell (unrecognizable), the precentor, see BMSat 5894, below him; Henry Erskine, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates 1785-96; James Rocheid of Inverleith, a distinguished agriculturist and absurdly self-important laird; Quartermaster Taylor, one of the defenders of Gibraltar.
Library's copy closely trimmed to image.
The characters are: Dr. Andrew Hunter of the Tron Church, with John Campbell (unrecognizable), the precentor, see BMSat 5894, below him; Henry Erskine, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates 1785-96; James Rocheid of Inverleith, a distinguished agriculturist and absurdly self-important laird; Quartermaster Taylor, one of the defenders of Gibraltar.
Library's copy closely trimmed to image.
Inscriptions/Markings
With the names of the individuals represented inscribed in ink below image.
Summary
A design in five compartments, each occupied by a figure in profile to the right. Above each is an inscription. On the extreme left is a parson preaching from a pulpit; the head of the precentor appears in his desk beneath. Inscribed: "I pray for all"; next an advocate in his gown, his right hand raised: "I plead for all"; next a corpulent well-dressed man, holding up a sickle in his right hand: "I maintain all"; next is a still more corpulent military officer with a drawn sword: "I fight for all"; next is the Devil, prancing among flames, his talons extended: "I take all". Cf. British Museum catalog.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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