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Object Type
print
Museum number
1902,1011.5599
Title
Object:
The Honble David Hume
Description
Portrait; three-quarter length, seated in an armchair in front of a curtain, directed to right, facing front; wearing dark clothes, white neckerchief and frill, and seal on fob; on right, a table with papers, book, inkwell and pen; after Raeburn. 1823 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Charles Turner
After:
Henry Raeburn
Published by:
David Hatton
School/style
British
Production date
1823
Production place
Published in:
Edinburgh
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
503 millimetres
(plate)
Height:
663 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
352 millimetres
(plate)
Width:
481 millimetres
(sheet)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Whitman 1907 / Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters: Charles Turner
(271)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
David Hume
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
(Lugt 445)
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1902,1011.5599