(3) No. 3 - Dr Gregory Grant - Edinburgh characters by J Jenkins

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(3) No. 3 - Dr Gregory Grant

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https://digital.nls.uk/82809157

Description

Portrait of eminent physician Dr Gregory Grant. Very similar to a portrait by John Kay. Manuscript note above reads: Dead.

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Form / genre:

Images > Pictures > Prints > Intaglio prints > Etchings
Images > Pictures > Cartoons (commentary) > Caricatures

Dates / events:

1799 [Probable date created]
1799-1805 [Date created]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place created]

Subject / content:

Physicians
Costume (mode of fashion)
Wigs
Buckles (strap accessories)
Hats
Coats (garments)
Stockings
Caricatures
Cartoons (humorous images)
Color prints (prints)
Portraits
Engravings (prints)

Person / organisation:

Grant, Gregory, -1803 [Depicted]
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of, 1847-1929 [Former owner]
Colquhoun, James, Sir, 1741-1805 [Depicted]
Murray, George, Sir, 1772-1846 [Depicted]
Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835 [Depicted]
Crawford, George Lindsay-Crawford, Earl of, 1758-1808 [Depicted]
Sempill, Hugh Sempill, Baron, 1758-1830 [Depicted]
Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839 [Depicted]
Jenkins, J., active 1799-1805 [Artist]
Buccleuch, George William Douglas, Duke of, 1772-1819 [Depicted]
Jardine, William, Sir, -1807 [Depicted]
Aboyne, George Gordon, Earl of, 1761-1853 [Depicted]
Errol, William Hay, Earl of, 1772-1819 [Depicted]
Moray, Francis Stuart, Earl of, 1737-1810 [Depicted]
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 [Depicted]
Zetland, Lawrence Dundas, Earl of, 1766-1839 [Depicted]

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Edinburgh characters by J. Jenkins

Description

Around 150 hand-coloured caricatures of Edinburgh celebrities and unknown characters. Etchings by artist J. Jenkins in the style of John Kay. Plates dated from 1799 to 1805. Characters include prominent people like Lord Dundas, Sir John Sinclair, Earl of Crawford, Lord Montague. Also 'a leads merchant' and an unidentified soldier.

Shelfmark

Ry.II.b.16

Additional NLS resources:

Library catalogue record

More information

Form / genre:

Images > Pictures > Cartoons (commentary) > Caricatures
Images > Pictures > Prints > Intaglio prints > Etchings

Dates / events:

1799-1805 [Date created]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place created]

Subject / content:

Portraits
Color prints (prints)
Engravings (prints)
Caricatures
Cartoons (humorous images)

Person / organisation:

Jenkins, J., active 1799-1805 [Artist]
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of, 1847-1929 [Former owner]
Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835 [Depicted]
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 [Depicted]
Zetland, Lawrence Dundas, Earl of, 1766-1839 [Depicted]
Moray, Francis Stuart, Earl of, 1737-1810 [Depicted]
Crawford, George Lindsay-Crawford, Earl of, 1758-1808 [Depicted]
Sempill, Hugh Sempill, Baron, 1758-1830 [Depicted]
Murray, George, Sir, 1772-1846 [Depicted]
Buccleuch, George William Douglas, Duke of, 1772-1819 [Depicted]
Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839 [Depicted]
Jardine, William, Sir, -1807 [Depicted]
Colquhoun, James, Sir, 1741-1805 [Depicted]
Aboyne, George Gordon, Earl of, 1761-1853 [Depicted]
Errol, William Hay, Earl of, 1772-1819 [Depicted]

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