About this artwork
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artist:
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title:William Robertson, 1721 - 1793. Historian; Principal of Edinburgh University
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date created:Published 1838
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materials:Etching on paper
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measurements:15.57 x 7.62 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1934
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accession number:SP IV 113.10
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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...