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. 2 by John Kay
- Title Pages
- Advetisement
- Notice to the First Edition
- CLXXI. Mr. John Dowie, Vintner, Libberton's Wynd
- CLXXII. Colin Campbell, Esq. of Kilberry, Argyleshire
- CLXXIII. The Lawnmarket Coach; or, A Journey Along the Mound
- CLXXIV. The Right Hon. Selina Countess Dowager of Huntingdon
- CLXXV. Jamie Duff, alias Bailie Duff
- CLXXVI. Major-General Alexander Mackay
- CLXXVII. Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank
- CLXXVIII. General James Grant of Ballindalloch
- CLXXIX. The Right Hon. the Earl of Moira, commander-in-chief of the forces in Scotland
- CLXXX. The Commander-in-Chief addressing the Edinburgh Spearmen
- CLXXXI. Mr. John Wemyss, Mr. Robert Clerk, and George Pratt
- CLXXXII. Two booksellers. Mr. William Coke and Mr. John Guthrie
- CLXXXIII. William Butter, Esq., and Sir John Morrison
- CLXXXIV. James Alexander Haldane, Esq., Minister of the Tabernacle, Leith Walk
- CLXXXV. Sergeant-Major Patrick Gould, and an Edinburgh Volunteer
- CLXXXVI. Mr. Benjamin Bell, Surgeon
- CLXXXVII. "The Five Alls."
- CLXXXVIII. Rev. Dr. Thomas Hardie
- CLXXXIX. Sir James Campbell, Bart., of Ardkinglass
- CXC. Dr. Andrew Duncan, Sen.
- CXCI. Dr. Andrew Duncan in 1797
- CXCII. Major Andrew Fraser, the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and Sir John Whitefoord, Bart.
- CXCIII. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. of Ulbster
- CXCIV. Lord Stonefield
- CXCV. John Home, Esq., of Ninewells
- CXCVI. Mr. William Grinly, Broker and Auctioneer
- CXCVII. The Hon. Alexander Leslie, Lieut.-General and Colonel of the Ninth Regiment of Foot.
- CXCVIII. Dr. James Hamilton, Senior
- CXCIX. Mr. William Mason, Secretary to the Grand Lodge
- CC. Rev. James Baine, A.M.
- CCI. Ebenezer Wilson, Brassfounder
- CCII. Sir Ilay Campbell, Bart.
- CCIII. Mr. John Campbell, Precentor
- CCIV. A medley of Musicians
- CCIV. A medley of Musicians
- CCV. William Wilson or "Mortar Willie"
- CCVI. Dr. Thomas Snell Jones, Minister of Lady Glenorchy's Chapel
- CCVII. William Forbes, Esq. of Callendar
- CCVIII. Dr. Gregory Grant
- CCIX. Rev. James Lapslie, Minister of Campsie
- CCX. O'Brien, the Irish Giant, and William Ranken, Esq.
- CCXI. Faithful Service Rewarded
- CCXII. Mr. George Williamson, King's Messenger and Admiral Macer for Scotland
- CCXIII. Mr. Francis Braidwood, Cabinet-Maker
- CCXIV. The Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton
- CCXV. Rev. James Struthers, Minister of the Relief Chapel, College Street
- CCXVI. Rev. Mr. Struthers
- CCXVII. Lord Monboddo, in the Court of Session
- CCXVIII. Old Geordie Syme, a famous Piper in his time
- CCXIX. Sir John Leslie, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh
- CCXX. Old John Tait, the Broom-Maker
- CCXXI. James Hume Rigg, Esq. of Morton, Isaac Grant, Esq. of Hilton, Achibald Macarthur Stewart, Esq. of Ascog, The Hon. Captain (afterwards General), John Leslie, and Captain William Wemyss
- CCXXII. Rev. Dr. Buchanan, one of the Ministers of the Canongate Church
- CCXXIII. Old Widow Ellis
- CCXXIV. The City Tron-Men; or Chimney-Sweepers
- CCXXV. William Cumming, Esq.
- CCXXVI. Rev. John Wesley, Dr. Hamilton, and the Rev. Mr. Cole
- CCXXVII. Sir William Honyman, Bart., of Armadale
- CCXXVIII. Rev. Dr. Alexander Turnbull, of Dalladies
- CCXXIX. Margaret Suttie, a hawker of salt
- CCXXX. Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Esq., of Killileagh, in Ireland, and The Hon. Simon Butler
- CCXXXI. Citizen M. C. Browne
- CCXXXII. Rev. John Walker, D.D.
- CCXXXIII. M. De Latour, Painter to the King of France, Member of the Royal Academy of Painting at Paris, etc.
- CCXXXIV. Mr. Thomas Paine, Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the American Congress
- CCXXXV. Captain James Burnet, the Last Captain of the City Guard
- CCXXXVI. Samuel McDonald, in the Uniform of the Sutherland Fencibles
- CCXXXVII. Mr. Charles Sinclair
- CCXXXVIII. Rev. David Black, Minister of Lady Yester's Church, Edinburgh
- CCXXXIX. Thomas Jefferson, Esq., President of the United States of America
- CCXL. Major-General Aytoun and The Duc D'Angouleme
- CCXLI. Mr. Clinch and Mrs. Yates, in the characters of the Duke and Duchess of Braganza
- CCXLII. Alexander McKellar; or "The Cock o' the Green."
- CCXLIII. Lord Polkemmet
- CCXLIV. James Gillespie, Esq. of Spylaw, and his brother, Mr. John Gillespie
- CCXLV. Rev. Dr. John Colquhoun
- CCXLVI. Major Charles Johnstone
- CCXLVII. Andrew Donaldson, Teacher of Greek and Hebrew
- CCXLVIII. "Petticoat Government"
- CCXLIX. Campbell of Sonachan laughing at the Print of "Petticoat Government"
- CCL. Mr. Thomas Sommers, his Majesty's Glazier for Scotland
- CCLI. Mr. Francis Anderson, W.S., Mr. James Hunter, and his son, Mr. George Hunter
- CCLII. Rev. Robert Culbertson, of the Associate Congregation, Leith
- CCLIII. The Right Hon. Charles Hope of Granton, when Lord Advocate of Scotland
- CCLIV. Right Hon. Charles Hope
- CCLV. The Right Hon. William Pitt
- CCLVI. The Right Hon. William Pitt, and Henry Dundas, afterwards Lord Melville
- CCLVII. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lewes
- CCLVIII. Dr. Thomas Hay, City Chamberlain, and Sir James Stirling, Bart.
- CCLIX. Colonel Monro, a well known blue-gown beggar
- CCLX. Sir Henry Moncreiff Wellwood, Bart.
- CCLXI. Sergeant William Duff
- CCLXII. Lord Balmuto
- CCLXIII. Rev. James Hall, D.D.
- CCLXIV. Mr. Hamilton Bell, W.S., carrying a Vintner's Boy from Edinburgh to Musselburgh, and Mr. John Rae, Surgeon-Dentist, accompanying him in the character of Bottle-Holder
- CCLXV. Mr. Edward Innes, and his second, Mr. James Cooper, following after Mr. Bell
- CCLXVI. The Artist under Examination by Sheriff Pringle, with the pursuers, Bell and Rae, sitting behind
- CCLXVII. The Hon. Sir Nash Grose, one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench
- CCLXVIII. Harvey Christian Combe, Esq., Lord Mayor of London
- CCLXIX. Sir John Marjoribanks, Bart., Lord Provost of Edinburgh, in his robes
- CCLXX. Rev. Charles Simeon, M.A. of Trinity Church, Cambridge
- CCLXXI. Archibald McArthur, piper to the late Sir Reginald Macdonald Stewart Seton, of Touch and Staffa, Bart.
- CCLXXII. Mirza Aboul Hassan Khan, envoy extraordinary from the King of Persia to the Court of Great Britain
- CCLXXIII. Mr. John Finlayson, formerly a writer in Cupar-Fife
- CCLXXIV. Rev. David Dickson, minister of New North Church, Edinburgh
- CCLXXV. Hugh Macpherson, sometime Clerk to the Perth Carriers
- CCLXXVI. Mr. Henry Johnston, in the Character of Hamlet
- CCLXXVII. Rev. John Jamieson, D.D.
- CCLXXVIII. Robert Craig, Esq. of Riccarton
- CCLXXIX. David Smythe, Lord Methven
- CCLXXX. General Francis Dundas, Sir Henry Jardine, Sir Robert Dundas of Beechwood, Bart., Captain Hay, the Late Earl of Eglinton, and the Misses Maxwell, etc.
- CCLXXXI. Rev. John McDonald of the Gaelic Chapel, Castle Wynd, Edinburgh
- CCLXXXII. Lord Cullen, one of the senators of the College of Justice
- CCLXXXIII. The Edinburgh Fish-Women
- CCLXXXIV. William Macdonald, officer to the Highland Society of Scotland
- CCLXXXV. Sir William Miller of Glenlee, Bart.
- CCLXXXVI. Lieut.-General Vyse, in command of the Forces of Scotland
- CCLXXXVII. Rev. Dr. James Peddie, of the Associate Congregation, Bristo Street
- CCLXXXVIII. Rev. Dr. Peddie, in 1810
- CCLXXXIX. Andrew McKinlay, tried for administering unlawful oaths
- CCXC. James Mackcoull, alias Captain Moffat
- CCXCI. Beetty Dick, Town-Crier of Dalkeith
- CCXCII. Two Chairmen; or, "The Social Pinch."
- CCXCIII. James McKean, at the Bar of the High Court of Justiciary
- CCXCIV. Sir William Macleod-Bannatyne (Lord Bannatyne)
- CCXCV. Training a Councillor
- CCXCVI. John Steele
- CCXCVII. Mr. John Austin, author of a "System of Stenographic Music"
- CCXCVIII. Robert Kay, Esq., Architect
- CCXCIX. Captain Billair and his Wife, who, though a tall woman, always wore high-heeled shoes
- CCC. The Last Sitting of The Old Court of Session
- CCCI. Rev. Alexander King, of the Relief Congregation, Dalkeith
- CCCII. Francis Jeffrey, Esq., Advocate
- CCCIII. Captain Dalrymple, and Miss Macdonald of Clanronald
- CCCIV. The Lovers
- CCCV. Dr. John Brown, alias "The Devil Killer"
- CCCVI. Miss Burns, a celebrated beauty of last century
- CCCVII. A Political Set-To; or, "Freedom of Election" Illustrated
- CCCVIII. Mr. Pierie and Mr. Maxwell. The Ladies are in the Costume of 1785
- CCCIX. Rev. George Husband Baird, D.D.
- CCCX. Provost Elder and Principal Baird.
- CCCXI. Dr. John Hope, Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh
- CCCXII. Second Division of the Court of Session
- CCCXIII. Jerome William Knapp LL.D., Deputy-Clerk of Arraigns
- CCCXIV. Three Social Friends. Mr. Robert Kay, Mr. Louis Cauvin, and Mr. David Scott
- CCCXV. Mrs. Smith, in the costume of 1795
- CCCXVI. The Hon. William Ramsay Maule, of Panmure, afterwards Lord Panmure of Brechin and Navar
- CCCXVII. A. Colquhoun, Esq., of Killermont, Lord Advocate of Scotland, and A. Maconochie, Esq. (Lord Meadowbank), then Solicitor-General
- CCCXVIII. The Hon. Francis William Grant of Grant, Colonel of the Inverness-shire Militia
- CCCXIX. Rev. David Dickson, D.D.
- CCCXX. Twelve Advocates who plead with wigs on
- CCCXXI. Rev. James-Francis Grant, of St. George's Chapel, York Place, Edinburgh
- CCCXXII. The Craft in Danger
- CCCXXIII. Robert Sym, Esq., writer to the Signet
- CCCXXIV. Rev. Henry Grey, A.M.
- CCCXXV. Mr. Robert Macgachen, Accountant of Excise
- CCCXXVI. Twelve Advocates, who plead without wigs
- CCCXXVII. John Rose, Esq. of Holme
- CCCXXVIII. Major Skey, and the Right Hon. Lord Clive (now Earl of Powis), of the Shropshire Militia
- CCCXXIX. Archibald Campbell, City Officer
- CCCXXIX.* Archibald Constable, Esq.
- Appendix
- Notes to Vol. 2
- Index to the Portraits, etc. in Vol. 2
- Index to the Names Incidentally Mentioned in the Second Volume
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