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Album of caricatures (© National Library of Scotland)
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© National Library of Scotland

Album of caricatures

Artist: John Gibson Lockhart (1794 - 1854)

Location: National Library of Scotland

Date: 1809 - 1814

Materials: pencil, ink, watercolour

Dimensions: 38 x 27 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £3,200 (Total: £10,376)

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 4515 (1997)

Provenance:
Thomas Hamilton; Lady Brewster; Brewster-Macpherson; thence by descent to vendor

Description:
Album of caricatures, many of the people portrayed are themselves represented in parpers in the National Library's manuscript collections incl. major figures in the world of Scottish collecting and art patronage in the early 19th century

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