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An eminent judge of broom besoms!!! Old John Tait the Besom maker who travelled the country begging and selling besoms till he arrived at the age of one hundred & ten years. Died in Jany. 1772 leaving Young John and 27 other descendants. from an original print by J.K. 220

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An eminent judge of broom besoms!!! Old John Tait the Besom maker who travelled the country begging and selling besoms till he arrived at the age of one hundred & ten years. Died in Jany. 1772 leaving Young John and 27 other descendants. from an original print by J.K. 220
Additional title: Old John Tait, the broom-maker. No. CCXX
Names
Kay, John, 1742-1826 (Artist)
Collection

Print Collection portrait file

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John Tait

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1805
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Topics
Tait, John
Genres
Clippings
Portraits
Notes
Statement of responsibility: I. Kay 1895
Content: Additional title from A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay..., new edition, Vol. II, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1877 between pages 142 and 143, viewed at edinburghbookshelf.org.uk, on Feb. 27, 2013
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: Portrait File
Other local Identifier: Portrait file
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0c740be0-5755-0130-d95b-58d385a7bbd0
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  • 1742: Creator Born
  • 1805: Created
  • 1826: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "An eminent judge of broom besoms!!! Old John Tait the Besom maker who travelled the country begging and selling besoms till he arrived at the age of one hundred & ten years. Died in Jany. 1772 leaving Young John and 27 other descendants. from an original print by J.K. 220" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1805. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/31aec4b0-697a-0130-7b5c-58d385a7b928

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "An eminent judge of broom besoms!!! Old John Tait the Besom maker who travelled the country begging and selling besoms till he arrived at the age of one hundred & ten years. Died in Jany. 1772 leaving Young John and 27 other descendants. from an original print by J.K. 220" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/31aec4b0-697a-0130-7b5c-58d385a7b928

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1805). An eminent judge of broom besoms!!! Old John Tait the Besom maker who travelled the country begging and selling besoms till he arrived at the age of one hundred & ten years. Died in Jany. 1772 leaving Young John and 27 other descendants. from an original print by J.K. 220 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/31aec4b0-697a-0130-7b5c-58d385a7b928

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An eminent judge of broom besoms!!! Old John Tait the Besom maker who travelled the country begging and selling besoms till he arrived at the age of one hundred & ten years. Died in Jany. 1772 leaving Young John and 27 other descendants. from an original print by J.K. 220