M. David Hume

1764

Simon Charles Miger

Artist, French, 1736 - 1820

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper [first state]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.5 x 14.5 cm (7 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.4 x 21.3 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1990.56.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 60

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1880

  • Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

Inscriptions

below image, lower left in plate: Dessine par C.N. Cochin le fils.; below image, lower right in plate: Grave par S.C. Miger en 1764.; across bottom in plate: M. DAVID HUME; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 1er Etat, avant Historien Celebre; by later hand, lCv//in graphite: a

Wikidata ID

Q74885072

You may be interested in

Loading Results