The Craft in Danger

Multiple artists/makers

1817

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: The Craft in Danger
Artist: John Kay (British, Dalkeith, Scotland 1742–1826 Edinburgh)
Subject: John Barclay, M.D. (British, Cairn, Perthshire, Scotland 1758–1826 Edinburgh)
Subject: Dr. Thomas Charles Hope (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1766–1844 Edinburgh)
Subject: Robert Jameson (British, Leith, Scotland 1774–1854 Edinburgh)
Subject: Alexander Monro Tertius (British, Edinbrugh, Scotland 1773–1859 Edinburgh)
Date: 1817
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 11 1/8 in. (20 × 28.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954
Object Number: 54.546.4
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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