This is a rare and valuable print etched by John Kay in 1803 and published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh 1877. 

Condition: Very good condition. See photos of the full image. I removed the plate from the bound volume and framed it personally. 

Framed Size: Approximately 9x11

Image Size: Approximately 3x4 inches

The Artist…John Kay 1742-1826

A Scottish caricaturist and engraver Kay started his working life as a

barber who was apprenticed for six years. Kay then found work in Edinburgh

where he was given the freedom of the city after the qualifying acceptance by

the corporation of barber-surgeons.

As an artist, he published his first works around 1780 becoming famous

for his miniatures and caricature etchings. From there he continued to flourish

and would publish many of his sketches in books. He focused on local

celebrities and oddities of which much material abounded in that period of

Edinburgh society.