John Kay
James Sibbald, 1745 - 1803. Author and bookseller (With W. Scott, George Fairbairn, James Kerr
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title:James Sibbald, 1745 - 1803. Author and bookseller (With W. Scott, George Fairbairn, James Kerr
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date created:1785
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materials:Etching on paper
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measurements:6.68 x 10.49 cm
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accession number:SP V 509.1
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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...