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John Kay - Etching of a Sir Ralph Abercromby 1877 - This engraving is from A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by John Kay. Published byAdam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1877.  Kay was a caricaturist, engraver and miniature painter and a contemporary of Rowlandson and Gillray - though far gentler in his wit. He produced scenes of Edinburgh characters and of comic events in contemporary Edinburgh society, which won a popular following.   Size: 8.5in x 10.5in (22cm x 27 cm)