Russia, Grégoire Otrepev (Russian monk), 1838.
"Otrepev premier faux Dmitri" (false Tsar Dmitry) steel engraved print, published in a volume of L'Univers, Paris, in 1838. Slight age browning. Size about 15 x 11 cms including title, plus margins. Ref F9341

Archibald Hamilton Rowan & Hon. Simon Butler, Kays Portraits, 1793/1835.
[ Archibald Hamilton Rowan Esq. of Killileagh in Ireland and the Hon. Simon Butler ] (Rowan's staff reads ' A Pill for a Puppy.' He was an Irish celebrity and founding member of The Dublin Society of The United Irishmen.) Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1793). Size 10 x 12.5 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9293

Rev. James Struthers, Kays Portraits, 1791/1835.
[ Rev. James Struthers ] (Minister of the Relief Chapel, College Street) Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1791). Size 7.5 x 10.5 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9292

Dr. Benjamin Bell (surgeon), Kays Portraits, 1791/1835.
[ Dr. Benjamin Bell, Surgeon ] (Benjamin Bell is considered the first Scottish scientific surgeon) Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1791). Size 6.5 x 10.5 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9291

Rev. Dr. Thomas Hardie, Kays Portraits, 1793/1835.
"The Revd. Patriot" (Rev. Dr. Thomas Hardie - Minister of Haddo's Hole, and Regius Professor of Divinity and Ecclesiastical History in the University of Edinburgh) Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1793). Size 7.5 x 10.5 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9290

Sir James Campbell of Ardkinglass, Kays Portraits, c1786/1835.
[ Sir James Livingstone Campbell, Bart. of Ardkinglass ] (served in the Netherlands and America, died in 1788) Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (undated, but c1786). Size 8 x 10 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9289

William Butter & Sir John Morrison, Kays Portraits, 1786/1835.
[ William Butter & Sir John Morrison ] (Butter was 'Carpenter to His Majesty'.) Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1786). Size 7 x 9 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9288

William Coke & John Guthrie (booksellers), Kays Portraits, 1810/1835.
[ William Coke & John Guthrie ] (Edinburgh booksellers). Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (original dated 1810). Size 12 x 15.5 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9287

John Wemyss, Robert Clark & George Pratt, Kays Portraits, 1784/1835.
[ John Wemyss, Robert Clark & George Pratt ] (town criers on each side & bookseller/publisher between them). Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (original dated 1784). Size 9.5 x 8 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9267

General James Grant of Ballindalloch, Kays Portraits, 1798/1835.
[ General James Grant of Ballindalloch ] (was known for always taking his cooks with him wherever he travelled). Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (original dated 1798). Size 8.5 x 12 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9266

Mr. Francis Braidwood, Kays Portraits, c1810/1835.
[ Mr. Francis Braidwood ] ("This caricature of a respectable citizen was meant to satirise his somewhat extravagant and fastidious taste in matters of dress and fashion. According to Kay's notes, he " was among the first of the bucks who appeared with shoestrings instead of buckles"....). Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (original dated c1810). Size 8 x 11 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9265

Mr. Thomas Sommers, Kays Portraits, 1816/1835.
[ Mr. Thomas Sommers, His Majesty's Glazier for Scotland ] (friend and biographer of Fergusson the poet). Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1816). Size 9.5 x 14 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9264

Dr. Andrew Duncan, Kays Portraits, 1785/1835.
[ Dr. Andrew Duncan, Professor of the Theory of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh ] Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1785). Size 6.5 x 10.5 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9263

Isobel Taylor (Old Widow Ellis), Kays Portraits, 1818/1835.
"Isobel Taylor aged 105 widow of John Alice ..." [ Old Widow Ellis who was born 1713 and died in 1818 ] Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1818). Size 15 x 19.5 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9262

Major General Aytoun & Duc d'Angouleme, Kays Portraits, 1797/1835.
"The Great and the Small are there" [ Major General Aytoun & Duc d'Angouleme ] Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1797). Size 10.5 x 16.5 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9261

Francis Anderson, James Hunter & George Hunter, Kays Portraits, 1802/1835.
[ Mr. Francis Anderson, Mr. James Hunter and his son Mr. George Hunter ] , - Anderson was a 'Writer to the Signet', James Hunter was a hardware merchant and his son George was annoyed to be portrayed as shorter than his father. Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1802). Size 8 x 13 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9260

James & John Gillespie, Kays Portraits, 1797/1835.
[ James Gillespie Esq. of Spylaw, and his brother Mr. John Gillespie] , - James was the founder of 'Gillespie's Hospital'. Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1797). Size 11 x 8 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9259

Campbell of Sonachan, Kays Portraits, 1795/1835.
[ Campbell of Sonachan, laughing at the print of 'Petticoat Government' ] , - he had been seen laughing loudly at a print in Kay's shop window, so Kay made him the subject of a later print. Copper etched print published in Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 1837-8 (dated 1795). Size 7 x 10 cms plus margins with full plate mark. Ref F9258