A P P E N D I X .
AS the greater part of the following Prints, though enumerated in the
Catalogue of Kay’s E t c h g s , could not With propriety be introduced into a
work of ORIGINALP ORTRAITitS ,h as been deemed proper to attach them to
the Collection in the form of an Appendix. They are all, of course, the
production of Kay; and some of the Etchings are rather favourable as
specimens of his proficiency in the art :-
330, HIS MAJESTYG EORGET HE THIRD.
331. A profile of HISM AJESTYG EORGET HE THIRD.
by the artist during a short stay in London in the year 1800.
These were executed
332. PAULE MPERORO F RUSSIA. Kay states that this likeness of Paul I. is
from an original drawing by a Russian gentleman, who was banished to Siberia
for thus having ventured to portray the ugly features of the Imperial Autocrat.
333. MARY QUEENO F SCOTLANwDas done for an edition of Robertson’s
History of Scotland. The introduction of this Print of the Scottish Queen
affords us the opportunity of mentioning a singular instance of regard to her
memory, as displayed by one of her most enthusiastic admirers-the late Mr.
James Cumming, of the Lyon Office, the origina,l Secretary of the Society of
Scottish Antiquaries. In company with Mr. Alexander Brown, librarian of the
Faculty of Advocates, Mr. Andrew Bell, Mr. William Smellie, and his son,
after the glass had gone pretty freely round, Curnming burst into an immoderate
and hysterical fit of crying. “What the devil is the matter with you now 3”
said the elder Mr. Smellie. “ Good - ! ” cried the antiquary, “ it is just this
day two hundred years since Mary was beheaded ! ” To the no small amusement
of the party (so sincere was his sorrow), it was found impossible to stop his
crying, or to divert him from the subject, for a considerable time.
334. JOHKNN OXt, he Scottish Reformer, taken “ from an original painting
in the possession of Joseph Williamson, Esq., advocate,” and intended for a
frontispiece to Knox’s Works, which was to have been published by subscrip
tion by Hugh Inglis.