John Kay and Deacon Brodie - Lauriston Castle Lectures
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Thursday 9 July, 10.30am
John Kay and Deacon Brodie
A Lecture to mark the Bicentenary of John Kay's Death
John Kay (1742 – 1826) was a self-taught artist and engraver who, in a career lasting nearly 40 years, sketched and engraved his contemporaries in his workshop in Edinburgh’s Parliament Square. Amongst these contemporaries was the famous Deacon William Brodie.
Kay has left us the only portraits that we have of Brodie. Kay drew Brodie’s trial and his execution in 1788. Kay also drew Brodie in the condemned cell of the Tolbooth. Using Kay’s unique images of Brodie and his contemporaries, this illustrated talk will tell one of Edinburgh’s most fascinating stories. Eric Melvin is an established and respected local historian who has explored, researched and documented his home city of Edinburgh.
After a long and varied career in education working latterly as Headteacher of Currie Community High School, he now enjoys retirement in Scotland’s capital by sharing his love and knowledge of ‘Auld Reekie’ with the wider public.
John Kay and Deacon Brodie
A Lecture to mark the Bicentenary of John Kay's Death
John Kay (1742 – 1826) was a self-taught artist and engraver who, in a career lasting nearly 40 years, sketched and engraved his contemporaries in his workshop in Edinburgh’s Parliament Square. Amongst these contemporaries was the famous Deacon William Brodie.
Kay has left us the only portraits that we have of Brodie. Kay drew Brodie’s trial and his execution in 1788. Kay also drew Brodie in the condemned cell of the Tolbooth. Using Kay’s unique images of Brodie and his contemporaries, this illustrated talk will tell one of Edinburgh’s most fascinating stories. Eric Melvin is an established and respected local historian who has explored, researched and documented his home city of Edinburgh.
After a long and varied career in education working latterly as Headteacher of Currie Community High School, he now enjoys retirement in Scotland’s capital by sharing his love and knowledge of ‘Auld Reekie’ with the wider public.
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Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, Davidson's Mains,Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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