William Doyle, Samuel Sone, and William Foster

Category

Library Item

Item no

13493

Title

William Doyle, Samuel Sone, and William Foster

Description

A group of fashionably dressed men and women walk along a pavement. The women wear stripped hats decorated with either ribbon or feathers. They also carry muffs.

Artist / maker

Kay, John

Date

1784

Size

12 x 9.5 cm

Type

Etching

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The accompanying text in the volume begins as follows:
"The first of these figures to the left was a Lieutenant Doyle; the centre one, Mr Sone, surgeon, commonly called 'The Little Doctor'; and the third, Captain Foster, all of the 24th Regiment; the last two were inseparable companions, notwithstanding their disparity in point of size.
While here with the Regiment in 1784, they were remarkable for their attention to the fair sex; Mr Kay has accordingly represented them as squiring three of the most celebrated belles of the day, dressed in the fashion of the time, along the North Bridge."

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Clothing and dress > Accessories > Hats

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