Jay, A. (McKechnie Section 1)

See also Section Two

Recorded by Mills, who mentions that Jay is known to have worked in Ipswich; Mills' information was repeated by Jackson (Dictionary). Only one example of Jay's cut work is known to me; it is owned by Mr A. Wyldes, and can probably be dated to c. 1845. It is a profile of a boy, cut from black paper and roughly bronzed. The cutting is competent, but the painting indifferent. There is no bust-line termination and the portrait continues to the base of the mount. The back bears the remains of a card, engraved in copperplate writing; the following words are legible:

A. Jay,

Miniature and Profile Painter.

Jay evidently had a second initial (unfortunately indecipherable here). As he claimed to be a miniature painter, signed work by him might come to light.