David Hume [graphic]

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Title: David Hume [graphic]
Alternative Title: Portrait of David Hume, the celebrated historian
Creator: Smith, Anker, 1759-1819, printmaker
Contributor: Ramsay, Allan, 1686-1758, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: 31 March 1806.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Abstract: "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
Description: Title engraved below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate [1] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Provenance: Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 48 x 33 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title: Plate [1] Plate in: 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.
Collection / Other Creator: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Collection Date: London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812.

Genre: Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1806
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hume, David, 1711-1776,
Subjects: Hume, David, 1711-1776
England > London > 1806
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1809 or 10-1888 > Ownership
Wavertree, Florence Lothrop Sheridan Walker, lady, 1872-1952 > Ownership

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