Legal

22x18 cm

Previous to the Act 48th Geo.III., by which the Court was separated into Two Divisions, the whole "fifteen lords" sat at one bench - the Lord President presiding and the Lord Justice Clerk beside him. The close of the Summer session, on the 11th July 1808 was the last sitting under the old system. The Two Divisions assembled for the first time on 12th November following.The Lords clockwise from left are: Hermand, Balmuto, Bannatyne, Armadale, Cullen, Polkemmet, Hope (Lord Justice Clerk), Sir Islay Campbell (Lord President), Dunsinnan, Craig, Glenlee, Meadowbank, Woodhouselee, Robertson and Newton.
Etching by John Kay dated 1808, published by Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, Edinburgh in A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by the late John Kay, miniature painter, Edinburgh. 1838.