Plate No.205; Will. Wilson commonly called “Mortar Willie” – aged 107
£20.00
Artist / Engraver: drawn & engraved by John Kay
Medium / Size: copperplate etching / c.195 x 145mm
Date: 1877
Artist / Engraver: drawn & engraved by John Kay
Medium / Size: copperplate etching / c.195 x 145mm
Date: 1877
Artist / Engraver: drawn & engraved by John Kay
Medium / Size: copperplate etching / c.195 x 145mm
Date: 1877
Brief Description: Kay’s “Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings” was published three times in the 19th century; it contains 361 etchings of primarily but not exclusively Edinburgh citizens representing a unique and invaluable record of “the public characters of every grade and kind”