The Wager, No. 1: Mr. Hamilton Bell, W. S., carrying a vintner's boy on his back from Edinburgh to Musselburgh with Mr. John Rae, surgeon-dentitst, accompanying him in the character of bottle-holder
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Title: The Wager, No. 1: Mr. Hamilton Bell, W. S., carrying a vintner's boy on his back from Edinburgh to Musselburgh with Mr. John Rae, surgeon-dentitst, accompanying him in the character of bottle-holder
Artist:
John Kay (British, Dalkeith, Scotland 1742–1826 Edinburgh)
Subject:
Hamilton Bell (British, born Forfarshire, Scotland, died 1807 Edinburgh)
Subject:
John Rae (British (Scottish), died 1808)
Subject:
Charles Oman (British, born Caithness, Scotland, died 1825 Edinburgh)
Date: 1792
Medium: Etching and stipple
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 4 9/16 in. (12.6 × 11.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Object Number: 33.30(161)
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