Thomas Muir of Huntershill - Original Engraving by John Kay - 1793
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Original 1793 engraving with the full-length portrait of Thomas Muir of Huntershill, Scottish lawyer and reformer, one of the so-called Scottish Martyrs. He stands before the bar with the papers of his defense in his hand. Signed "J. Kay" in the copper and published in Edinburgh by J. Robertson.
Original 1793 engraving with the full-length portrait of Thomas Muir of Huntershill, Scottish lawyer and reformer, one of the so-called Scottish Martyrs. He stands before the bar with the papers of his defense in his hand. Signed "J. Kay" in the copper and published in Edinburgh by J. Robertson.
Muir was tried for sedition in 1793 and transported to Botany Bay; he escaped and passed through Spain and France. The engraver, John Kay (1742-1826), was the portraitist and caricaturist of Enlightenment Edinburgh, and his gallery of local characters is today a first-rate iconographic source.
Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver: John Kay (1742-1826)
Date: 1793
Source: published in Edinburgh by J. Robertson
Dimensions: 5.1 x 8.7 in (13 x 22 cm)
Condition: Poor condition. Paper heavily toned, with tears and paper losses in the left and lower margins, creases and scattered stains. The engraved plate mark is intact and the lettering below reads in full.
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Original 1793 engraving with the full-length portrait of Thomas Muir of Huntershill, Scottish lawyer and reformer, one of the so-called Scottish Martyrs. He stands before the bar with the papers of his defense in his hand. Signed "J. Kay" in the copper and published in Edinburgh by J. Robertson.