Robert Kay Esq. Architect, Kays Portraits, 1800/1835.

"Robert Kay Esq. Architect Edinr." (Plate not dated). ROBERT KAY, a distant relative of the Caricaturist, was born in the parish of Cairnton, near Penicuik, in 1740. He was originally a wright, or carpenter; but, gradually advancing himself by steady application and industry, on settling in Edinburgh he became a builder and architect, and attained to no small degree of respectability and professional reputation. Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8. Size 9 x 11.5 cms plus margins. Ref F2000