Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and published under the title "A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, with biographical sketches and illustrative anecdotes", forming a unique record of the social life and popular habits of Edinburgh at its most interesting epoch. [wikipedia]
Browse Kay's Originals Vol. 1 by John Kay
- Title Pages
- Advertisement
- Introductory Notice to Original Portraits, Biographical Sketches
- I. Mr. John Kay
- II. A Triumvirate. The Daft Highland Laird, John Dhu, or Dow, alias Macdonald, and Jamie Duff, an idiot.
- III. Francis McNab, Esq. of McNab
- IV. Three Giants, with a Group of Spectators
- V. Lord Kames. Hugo Arnot, Esq. of Balcormo, Advocate. Lord Monboddo.
- VI. Contemplation
- VII. Lord Gardenstone
- VIII. Hugo Arnot, Esq., Advocate, and Gingerbread Jock
- IX. Dr. Glen and the Daft Highland Laird
- X. A Sleepy Congregation
- XI. Dr. James Graham going along the North Bridge in a High Wind
- XII. Dr. James Graham lecturing in Edinburgh
- XIII. James Macrae, Esq.
- XIV. Captain Page and Captain Vicars
- XV. The Three Captains of the City Guard. George Pitcairn, George Robertson, Robert Pillans.
- XVI. Provost David Steuart and Bailie John Lothian
- XVII. Alexander Hunter, Esq. of Polmood, and Roger Hog, Esq. of Newliston
- XVIII. Francis Grose, Esq., F.A.S. of London and Perth
- XIX. Captain Mingay, with a porter carrying George Cranstoun in his creel
- XX. Samuel McDonald and George Cranstoun
- XXI. Major Fisher
- XXII. Dr. Joseph Black
- XXIII. Dr. Joseph Black, Lecturing
- XXIV. Dr. James Hutton
- XXV. Philosophers
- XXVI. Dr. John Brown
- XXVII. Dr. Brown in his study
- XXVIII. Sir James Hunter Blair, Bart., Late Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- XXIX. Alexander Carlyle, D.D., Inveresk
- XXX. The Modern Hercules
- XXXI. Adam Ritchie
- XXXII. Angelo Tremamondo, Esq., Riding Master
- XXXIII. Lord Rockville Dr. Adam Smith, and Commissioner Brown
- XXXIV. Adam Smith, LL.D. And F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh
- XXXV. The Sapient Septemviri. King's College, Aberdeen.
- XXXVI. Vincent Lunardi, in his basket, ready to ascend.
- XXXVII. Marriage
- XXXVIII. A group of Aeronauts.
- XXXIX. The Right Honourable Colonel Lennox.
- XL. Colonel Hunter.
- XLI. The Rev. William Robertson, D.D., author of the History of Scotland and Charles V
- XLII. Dr. William Robertson, D.D., in his full clerical dress
- XLIII. Quartermaster Taylor
- XLIV. Cock-fighting Match between the counties of Lanark and Haddington
- XLV. James Donaldson
- XLVI. Mr. Alexander Thomson and Miss Crawford
- XLVII. Retaliation; or the Cudgeller caught
- XLVIII. Henry Viscount Melville and The Hob. Robert Dundas of Arniston
- XLIX. Bailie James Dickson and Bailie James Torry
- L. William Doyle, Samuel Sone, and William Foster
- LI. Sir Ralph Abercromby, K.B., giving the word of command
- LII. General Sir Ralph Abercromby, K.B., viewing the army, encamped on the plains of Egypt
- LIII. Lauchlan McBain
- LIV. Second print of Lauchlan McBain
- LV. Mrs. Siddons, Mr. Sutherland, Mrs. Woods, of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
- LVI. Captain George Gordon, Captain George Robertson, and John Grieve, Esq., Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- LVII. Rev. Hugh Blair, D.D. of the High Church, Edinburgh
- LVIII. The Honourable Henry Erskine, Dean of the faculty of Advocates
- LIX. James Bruce, Esq. of Kinnaird, and Peter Williamson
- LX. Courtship
- LXI. Mr. William Martin, Bookseller and Auctioneer in Edinburgh
- LXII. Mr. Thomas White
- LXIII. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Charteris, of the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh
- LXIV. The Rev. Joseph Robertson Macgregor, First Minister of the Edinburgh Gaelic Chapel
- LXV. The Rev. James Lawson of Belvidere, The Job of Present Times
- LXVI. An Exchange of Heads. Hugo Arnot, Esq. - Mr. William Macpherson, and Roger Hog, Esq.
- LXVII. The Rev. John McLure, Chaplain to the Grand Lodge
- LXVIII. Mr. Alexander Wood, surgeon
- LXIX. Mr. Wood
- LXX. Captain Hind
- LXXI. Robert McQueen of Braxfield, Lord Justice-Clerk
- LXXII. George Pratt (The Town-Crier)
- LXXIII. The Rev. Dr. John Erskine, late of the Old Greyfriars' Church, Edinburgh
- LXXIV. Dr. Erskine
- LXXV. Dr. Henry Moyes, lectureer on Chemistry, etc.
- LXXVI. Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, banker in Edinburgh
- LXXVII. Thomas Fraser (A Natural)
- LXXVIII. The Marquis of Huntly, afterwards Duke of Gordon
- LXXIX. Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope and David Stuart Moncrief, esq. of Moredun
- LXXX. Rev. Greville Ewing
- LXXXI. The Earl of Hopetoun
- LXXXII. Charles Hay, Esq., Advocate
- LXXXIII. Lord Newton on the Bench
- LXXXIV. The Earl of Errol and the Right Honourable Lord Haddo.
- LXXXV. Voltaire, the French Philosopher, and Mr. Watson, an Edinburgh Messenger
- LXXXVI. Mr. William Smellie, Printer and Mr. Andrew Bell, Engraver
- LXXXVII. The Right Honourable David Earl of Leven and Melville
- LXXXVIII. The Right Honourable Lord Adam Gordon
- LXXXIX. Right Honourable Lord Adam Gordon and His Royal Highness the Count D'Artois, afterwards Charles X
- XC. John Dhu
- XCI. Sir William Nairne, Baronet, Lord Dunsinnan
- XCII. Mr. Ralph Rylance
- XCIII. Levelling of the High Street of Edinburgh
- XCIV. Mr. Moss in the character of 'Caleb'
- XCV. Mr. Robert Meikle
- XCVI. Mr. Thomas Neil, Wright and Precentor
- XCVII. Major Campbell of the 35th Regiment
- XCVIII. The Royal Edinburgh Volunteers. Mr. Archibald Gilchrist
- XCIX. John Davidson, Esq., and Lord Henderland. George Paton, Esq. Lord Monboddo and Dr. Hutton.
- C. David Ross, Lord Ankerville
- CI. Francis Home, M.D.
- CII. The Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, Bart., and Sir James Hunter Blair, Bart.
- CIII. Dr. William Cullen
- CIV. Dr. Cullen in his study
- CV. William Brodie, Deacon of the Incorporation of Wrights and Masons, Edinburgh
- CVI. George Smith and Deacon William Brodie
- CVII. General Buttons, An American Officer
- CVIII. Mr. John Wright, Lecturer on Law
- CIX. John Wright, Edq., Advocate
- CX. The Rev. William Beat, Minister of Kilrenny
- CXI. James Marshall, Esq., writer to the Signet
- CXII. Rev. John Wesley
- CXIII. Sir James Grant of Grant, Bart.
- CXIV. Dr. Alexander Monro, Secundus, Professor of Anatomy
- CXV. Rev. John Kemp, D.D.
- CXVI. The Most Noble the Marquis of Graham, and The Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan
- CXVII. Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville
- CXVIII. Andrew Nicol
- CXIX. Three Legal Devotees. Andrew Nicol, Mary Walker, and John Skene
- CXX. Four Bucks. Dr. Eiston, Signior Stabilini, Captain McKenzie, and Macnab of Macnab
- CXXI. Dr. Andrew Hunter
- CXXII. Lord Craig
- CXXIII. Mungo Watson, Beadle of Lady Yester's Church, etc.
- CXXIV. James Robertson of Kincraigie
- CXXV. Thomas Muir, Esq. Younger of Huntershill
- CXXVI. Sir Archibald Hope of Pinkie, Bart.
- CXXVII. Robert Blair, Esq.
- CXXVIII. Robert Blair, Esq., Solicitor-General
- CXXIX. The Hon. Robert Dundas of Arniston
- CXXX. Captain James Justice of Justice Hall, and a Lady in the costume of 1790
- CXXXI. Andrew Dalziel, A.M., F.R.S.
- CXXXII. Two Shadows. Lord Kames, and Hugo Arnot, Esq.
- CXXXIII. Neil Ferguson, Esq., Advocate, and the Little Polish Count
- CXXXIV. Dr. Alexander Hamilton, Professor of Midwifery
- CXXXV. Rev. Rowland Hill, A.M.
- CXXXVI. James Gregory, M.D.
- CXXXVII. Dr. James Gregory, in the uniform of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers
- CXXXVIII. Alexander Osborne, Esq., and Francis Ronaldson, Esq.
- CXXXIX. Rev. Robert Walker
- CXL. Sir David Rae of Eskgrove, Bart., Lord Justice-Clerk
- CXLI. Mr. David Downie, Goldsmith in Edinburgh - tried for High Treason along with Robert Watt in 1794
- CXLII. Mr. Thomas Blair, late of the Stamp-Office, Edinburgh
- CXLIII. Rev. William Moodie, D.D.
- CXLIV. Thomas Elder, Esq. of Forneth, Late Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- CXLV. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Duncan
- CXLVI. Admiral Duncan on the Quarter-Deck
- CXLVII. Lord Hailes
- CXLVIII. Rev. Dr. David Johnston, Minister of North Leith
- CXLIX. Sir James Stirling, Bart.
- CL. Henry Dundas, and Sir James Stirling, Bart.
- CLI. Lord High Chancellor Loughborough, afterwards Earl of Rosslyn
- CLII. John Campbell, Esq., of Blythswood
- CLIII. The Hon. Basil Cochrane, and James Edgar, Esq., Commissioners of the Customs
- CLIV. Rev. Dr. Thomas Davidson, late of the Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh
- CLV. Colonel Patrick Crichton
- CLVI. George Fergusson, Lord Hermand
- CLVII. Mr. John Shiells, Surgeon
- CLVIII. Mr. Robert Johnston, and Miss Sibilla Hutton
- CLIX. Mr. John Bennet, Surgeon
- CLX. Three Officers of the Hopetoun Fencibles. Lord Napier, Major Pilmer, and Major Clarkson.
- CLXI. Mr. John Adams, Master of the Royal Riding Menage
- CLXII. Mr. William Scott, Mr. James Sibbald, George Fairholme, Esq., and James Kerr, Esq.
- CLXIII. Rev. William Paul
- CLXIV. Byrne, the Irish Giant, Mr. Watson, Mr. McGowan, Mr. Fairholme, and Geordie Cranstoun
- CLXV. Allan Macdougall, Esq. of Glenlochan, Alexander Watson, Esq. of Glenturkie, and Colquhoun Grant, Esq.
- CLXVI. Ensign Macdougal, of the Hopetoun Fencibles
- CLXVII. Mr. James Rae, Dr. William Laing, and Dr. James Hay
- CLXVIII. George Mealmaker, author of the 'Moral and Political Catechism of Man'
- CLXIX. Two Turks
- CLXX. The City Guard House. Corporal John Dhu
- Notes to Vol. 1
- Index to the Portraits, etc. in Vol. 1
- Index to the Names Incidentally Mentioned in the First Volume
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