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Advocates (Twelve advocates who plead with wigs on)
Kay, John, 1810, Etching
Advocates (Twelve advocates who plead with wigs on)
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Advocates (Twelve advocates who plead with wigs on)
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The image depicts the portrait of twelve advocates, each facing to the right and wearing a white wig, white ruffled cravat, and black cloak. Two of the advocates have glasses perched on top of their wigs.
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Kay, John
Date
1810
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15.5 x 11 cm
Type
Etching
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The names of the advocates from top to bottom, left to right are: John Burnett, Robert Bell, Matthew Ross, Edward McCormick, George Cranstoun, John Clerk, Sir John Connell, John Hogart, the Honourable Henry Erskine, Alexander Maconochie, Duncan Macfarlane, and Archibald Fletcher.
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