Portrait of David Hume

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Turner

Title

Portrait of David Hume

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1793–1857

Medium

Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower right, below image, in graphite: "C. Turner"

Dimensions

Image: 40 × 31.7 cm (15 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.); Plate: 50 × 35.5 cm (19 11/16 × 14 in.); Sheet: 56.5 × 41 cm (22 1/4 × 16 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Lessing Rosenthal

Reference Number

1950.1305

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