Engraving of Colonel Patrick Crichton by John Kay

Colonel Patrick Crichton and Captain Coulter are seen directing the Volunteers on Bruntsfield Links in Edinburgh. Colonel Crichton had served with the 57th Regiment of Foot in North America during the War of Independence.

Captain Coulter was later Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh.

John Kay was born near Edinburgh in 1742. A keen artist from childhood, he was a barber until 1785 when he became a full-time engraver and painter of miniatures. His portraits of Edinburgh characters are vivid and unmistakable.

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Online ID:	000-000-100-225-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0207: The Thistle at War Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland Lib.1640.155
Date:	1794
Material:	Paper
Dimensions:	280 mm H
What:	Print / portrait
Subject:	Prints
Who:	John Kay (artist)
Where:	Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh (depicted)
Event:
Description:	Portrait of Colonel Patrick Crichton of the Edinburgh Volunteers with a view of the awkward squad, by John Kay, Edinburgh, 1794. From Kay's Portraits. Volume I, Plate CLV.
References:	Kay, John A series of original portraits and caricature etchings with biographical sketches and anecdotes 2 volumes Edinburgh: Hugh Paton, 1837-38
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