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Advocates (Twelve advocates who plead without wigs)
Kay, John, 1811, Etching
Advocates (Twelve advocates who plead without wigs)
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Advocates (Twelve advocates who plead without wigs)
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The side portraits of twelve men facing to the left are arranged in rows of three. The men all wear white cravats and black coats, but vary in hairstyles and facial features. The background decoration forms a checkerboard pattern, while the portraits themselve are framed in decorative circles.
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Kay, John
Date
1811
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15.5 x 11 cm
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Etching
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The names of the men in the image are as follows from top to bottom, left to right: Adam Gillies, Alexander Irving, James Millar, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Corbet, George Joseph Bell, William Rose Robinson, John wright, John Graham Dalyell, Francis Jeffrey, John Jardine, and John Cunninghame
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