Hamilton Bell carrying a vintner's boy on his back from Edinburgh to Musselburgh, accompanied by John Rae, a pair of fishwives walk in the other direction. Coloured etching by J. Kay, 1792, after himself.

  • Kay, John, 1742-1826.
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1792
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544709i
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Hamilton Bell carrying a vintner's boy on his back from Edinburgh to Musselburgh, accompanied by John Rae, a pair of fishwives walk in the other direction. Coloured etching by J. Kay, 1792, after himself. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The publication of this print caused the subject, a lawyer, to issue a writ of suppression, which was unsuccessful

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[Edinburgh] : J. Kay

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 12.8 x 11.5 cm

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JKay fecit 1792

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H. Evans and M. Evans, John Kay of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1980, plate x, p.16

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Wellcome Collection 544709i

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