John Kay
William Doyle, Samuel Sone and William Foster
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title:William Doyle, Samuel Sone and William Foster
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date created:Dated 1784
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accession number:SP V 625.1
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John Kay
John Kay
John Kay was a portrait etcher and miniature painter who was born near Dalkeith. Self-taught, he originally started working as a barber in Edinburgh but devoted his spare time to art. In 1785 he left the barber’s trade for caricature portraiture. He made nearly 900 plates of almost every notable...