James McKean

Category

Library Item

Item no

13367

Title

James McKean, at the bar of the High Court of Justiciary

Description

James McKean sits between two members of the Edinburgh Town Guard while people attending the court look on.

Artist / maker

Kay, John

Date

1796

Size

10.5 x 16 cm

Type

Etching

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The accompanying text in the volume begins as follows:
"This is understood to be a striking likeness of the prisoner, as he appeared at his trial - placed between two of the Old Town Guard - for the murder of Buchanan the Lanark carrier."

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