General Portraits

16x24 cm

Sergeant Samuel MacDonald (1762-1802). Born in Lairg, Sutherland, he served with the 2nd Sutherland Fencibles from 1779-83. Famous for his exceptional height and large frame, with many sources giving his height as six feet ten inches of buff build.
Etching by John Kay dated 1796, published in A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by the late John Kay, miniature Painter, Edinburgh. Hugh Paton, Carver & Gilder, Edinburgh. 1838. 
Hand coloured