Portrait of David Hume

David Martin British, Scottish

After Allan Ramsay British, Scottish

Sitter David Hume British, Scottish

1767

Not on view

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Title: Portrait of David Hume
Artist: David Martin (British, Anstruther, Fife, Scotland 1736–1798 Edinburgh)
Artist: After Allan Ramsay (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1713–1784 Dover)
Sitter: David Hume (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1711–1776 Edinburgh)
Date: 1767
Medium: Mezzotint; scratched proof, first state of two
Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to platemark): 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (39.3 x 28.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2010
Object Number: 2010.5
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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