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Kay, John, 1742-1826

 Person

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Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

[Sir Wiliam Forbes, etc], 1785

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/101(ii)
Scope and Contents

[Sir Wiliam Forbes, etc]. Etching. 1785. Kay, John, 1742-1826, Artist, Etcher.

Published in: Edinburgh Portraits (1837), CII.

Note: Ink annotation: 'Thomas, 7th Earl of Haddington, son of the accomplished poet Lord Binning - born 1720, died 1794/ Sir William Forbes Bart/ Sir James Hunter Blair'.

Dates: 1785
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

[Sir William Miller], 1799

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/101(i)
Scope and Contents

[Sir William Miller]. Etching. 1799. Kay, John, 1742-1826, Artist, Etcher.

Published in: Edinburgh Portraits (1837), CCCXXXV.

Note: Duplicates Coll-10/1/77. Ink inscription: 'Sir William Miller, Bart. of Glenlee: Lord Glenlee "Mr Miller, younger of Glenlee". Poker Club, Dec 7 1781'.

Dates: 1799
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

Sir William Nairne, 1837

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/104(ii)
Scope and Contents

Sir William Nairne. Letterpress. 1837. Paton, Hugh, 1806-1864, Author; Kay, John, 1742-1826, Artist, Etcher.

Published in: Edinburgh Portraits (1837), XCI.

Note: No. XCI. Ink annotation: 'Kay's Edinr Portraits, see previous page' [ie Coll-10/1/102ii].

Dates: 1837
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

[Sir Wm Nairne bart], 1799

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/102(ii)
Scope and Contents

[Sir Wm Nairne bart]. Etching. 1799. Kay, John, 1742-1826, Artist, Etcher.

Published in: Edinburgh Portraits (1837), XCI.

Note: Ink inscription: 'Sir Wm Nairne Bart, Lord Dunsinnan'.

Dates: 1799
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

The Author of the Wealth of Nations, 1790

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Identifier: Coll-10/1/102(i)
Scope and Contents

The Author of the Wealth of Nations. Etching. 1790. Kay, John, 1742-1826, Artist, Etcher.

Published in: Edinburgh Portraits (1837), XXXIV.

Note: Ink inscription: 'Adam Smith'.

Dates: 1790
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

[The Most Noble the Marquis of Graham, and The Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan], 1784

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Identifier: Coll-10/3/128
Scope and Contents

[The Most Noble the Marquis of Graham, and The Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan]. Etching. 1784. Kay, John, 1742-1826, Artist, Etcher.

Published in: Edinburgh Portraits (1837), CXVI.

Note: In ink, bottom right: 'Earl of Buchan'.

Dates: 1784
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick