Print Description
Caricature of a courtship between two lovers. The man said to be Kay himself and the woman based on an old woman who lived at the head of Canongate.
Made by John Kay after own design.
Medium: Copperplate engraving on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 15.2 x 24.7 cm (5.98 x 9.72 inch). Image size: 10.6 x 9 cm. (4.17 x 3.54 inch).
Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
CARICATURE-COURTSHIP-LOVERS | PCO-C43-15
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
“A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings,” published by Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, in Edinburgh in 1837.
Biography engraver: John Kay (1742-1826) was a Scottish caricaturist and engraver.
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