Levelling of the High Street of Edinburgh

Various artists/makers

1785

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Levelling of the High Street of Edinburgh
Artist: John Kay (British, Dalkeith, Scotland 1742–1826 Edinburgh)
Subject: Orlando Hart (British (Scottish), died 1791)
Subject: William Jamieson (British (Scottish), ca. 1736–1813)
Subject: Archibald McDowell (British (Scottish), 1743–1816)
Subject: Sir James Hunter Blair, 1st Baronet (British (born Scotland), 1741–1787)
Date: 1785
Medium: Etching with aquatint
Dimensions: sheet: 3 9/16 x 3 15/16 in. (9 x 10 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Object Number: 33.30(48)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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