A Whim, or a Visit to the Mud Bridge: Lawn Market Coach Going Along the Earthen Mound

Various artists/makers

1786

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Title: A Whim, or a Visit to the Mud Bridge: Lawn Market Coach Going Along the Earthen Mound
Artist: John Kay (British, Dalkeith, Scotland 1742–1826 Edinburgh)
Subject: James Duff (British (Scottish), died 1788)
Subject: John Lauder (British (Scottish), died 1794)
Subject: James Lawson (British (Scottish), died ca. 1830)
Subject: William Lawson (British (Scottish), active 1786)
Subject: Alexander Ritchie (British (Scottish), died ca. 1827)
Subject: Malcolm Wright (British, Dolphinston, Lanarkshire, Scottish, 1750–1825)
Scribe: Henry Watson (British, Scottish, active 1786)
Subject: William Hall (British (Scottish), 1749–1808)
Subject: George Boyd (British (Scottish), active 1786)
Subject: William Yetts (British (Scottish), died 1807 at sea)
Subject: Mrs. Dunn (British (Scottish), active 1786)
Subject: Mrs. Penny (British (Scottish), active 1786)
Subject: Sibilla Hutton (British (Scottish), ca. 1740–1808 Edinburgh)
Subject: Mrs. Grieve (British (Scottish), active 1786)
Subject: Mrs. Hall (British (Scottish), active 1786)
Subject: Mrs. Wright (British (Scottish), active 1786)
Date: 1786
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: sheet: 5 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (14.3 x 20 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Object Number: 33.30(66)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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