Rev. Dr. Hugh Blair. Etching by John Kay, 1798.

Rev. Dr. Hugh Blair. Original portrait engraving, 1798, by John Kay. Description Portrait; half-length to right at a pulpit, his left arm resting on a book open in front of him, wearing a dark academic gown, bands and jaw-length stiff wig; in an oval. 1798Etching with some stipple  5.25 x 3.25 inches (plate) 10.5 x 7.75 inches (paper) unframed Inscription content: Scratched below the image 'I Kay 1798.' John Kay (1742 - 1826) was a portrait etcher and miniature painter who was born near Dalkeith, Scotland. Self-taught, he originally started working as a barber in Edinburgh but devoted his spare time to art. In 1785 he left the barber’s trade for caricature portraiture. Kay sold his prints and miniature paintings from a shop at 10 Parliament Close. Listed with ExportYourStore.com