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David Hume
Title
David Hume [graphic] / Allan Ramsey pinxt. ; A. Smith sculpt.
Publication
[London] : Pub. by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 31 March 1806.
Physical Description
1 print : engraving ; sheet 48 x 33 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate in: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834 Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England. London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812. Plate [1]
Provenance
Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree.
Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Summary
"Portrait of David Hume; half length, to the front, wearing queue wig and embroidered jacket and waistcoat, with frilled shirt, his left arm resting on a pile of books to the right; in rectangular frame with decorative columns, Egyptian carving at top, and a large relief design of learning on pedestal below, with central seated man writing on scrolls, two muses behind him; women to the left, men holding scrolls to the right."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Title from Catalogue: Portrait of David Hume, the celebrated historian
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 10, 2012
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Engravings - England - London - 1806.
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