John Kay etchings, 1784-1818
260 Portraits in set
Etchings chronicling all walks of life in Edinburgh society at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries by the little known etcher John Kay. Kay was an ex-barber and native of Edinburgh who turned to etching relatively late in life and produced many hundreds of original naïve and mostly humorous portraits of his fellow citizens.
An Exchange of Heads (Hugo Arnot; Roger Hog; William Macpherson)
by John Kay
etching and aquatint, 1780s
NPG D16864
by John Kay
etching, 1784
NPG D31988
William Doyle; Samuel Sone; William Foster; with three celebrated beauties
by John Kay
etching and aquatint, 1784
NPG D32327
John Wemyss; Robert Clerk; George Pratt
by John Kay
etching, 1784
NPG D32459
Henry Home, Lord Kames; Hugo Arnot; James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
by John Kay
etching, 1784
NPG D32361
James Robertson of Kincraigie; John Dhu (Dow, MacDonald); Jamie Duff
by John Kay
etching, 1784
NPG D32342
Sir James Livingstone Campbell, Bt, of Ardkinglass
by John Kay
etching, circa 1784-1788
NPG D32345
Sir James Livingstone Campbell, Bt, of Ardkinglass
by John Kay
etching, circa 1784-1788
NPG D32346
by John Kay
etching and aquatint, circa 1784-1795
NPG D32347
by John Kay
etching, 1784
NPG D18638
Henry Home, Lord Kames; Hugo Arnot; James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
by John Kay
etching, 1784
NPG D18640
Contemplation (James Burnett, Lord Monboddo)
by John Kay
etching, 1784
NPG D16263
Retaliation; or the Cudgeller Caught
by John Kay
etching, 1784
NPG D16235
Hon. Basil Cochrane; James Edgar; a beggar
by John Kay
etching, 1784
NPG D16273
by John Kay
etching and aquatint, 1784
NPG D16778
by John Kay
etching and aquatint, 1784
NPG D16779
Alexander Thomson; Miss Crawford
by John Kay
etching, 1784
NPG D16827