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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Creator: | Kay, John, 1742-1826 |
| Title: | John Kay Print |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1786 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Print by Scottish caricaturist, John Kay |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
John Kay (1742-1826) was a Scottish caricaturist who specialized in portrait etching and miniature painting.
He was born near Dalkeith, Scottland and at age 13 was apprenticed to a barber, whom he served for six years. In 1785, a year after publishing his first caricature of Laird Robertson for which he received great praise, he gave up barbering to open a print shop in Parliament Close. There he continued making prints of local celebrities and oddities of Edinburgh society. His shop was destroyed by the Great Edinburgh Fire of November 1824 and he died in Edinburgh two years later.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The John Kay Print is a single print of American General Buttons on horseback, originally drawn by British Colonel Archibald Campbell.
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Access Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
John Kay Print,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
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Created by: KD
Date: 10 Jan 2019
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