| LC control no. | nr 93031894 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kay, John, 1742-1826 |
| Associated country | Scotland |
| Located | Edinburgh (Scotland) |
| Birth date | 1742 |
| Death date | 1826-02-21 |
| Place of birth | Dalkeith (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Edinburgh (Scotland) |
| Field of activity | Caricatures and cartoons Portrait drawing Engraving Etching Miniature painting |
| Profession or occupation | Cartoonists Barbers Engravers Miniature painters |
| Found in | Halsby, J. Scottish watercolours 1740-1940, 1986: p. 265 (John Kay; artist, apprenticed to a barber before turning to miniature painting and caricature; watercolor style influenced by David Allen; b. Dalkeith 1742, d. 1826) Wikipedia, 27 March 2018 (John Kay (1742-21 February 1826) was a Scottish caricaturist and engraver; born near Dalkeith; went to Edinburgh, where in 1771 he obtained the freedom of the city by joining the corporation of barber-surgeons; in 1784 he published his first caricature, of Laird Robertson; 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 (Edinburgh); died in Edinburgh) |
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