Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed; represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the university of Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1817.

  • Kay, John, 1742-1826.
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[1838]
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10782i
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[Edinburgh], [1838]

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1 print : etching with aquatint ; platemark 20 x 28.6 cm

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The craft in danger. "An uproar among the craftsmen at Ephesus opposing a new species of knowledge which they thought might interfere with the profits of their trade". Acts XIX ver. 23 & c. I. Kay 1817. Bears number bottom right : 322

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Not found in: British Museum Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1870-1954

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Wellcome Collection 10782i

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