M. David Hume

1764

Simon Charles Miger

Artist, French, 1736 - 1820

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper [second state]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.4 x 14.5 cm (7 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.1 x 17.4 cm (9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1990.56.3

  • 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 / HISTORIEN CELEBRE.; by later hand, lCv//in graphite: portraits dessine par Cochin 40-

Wikidata ID

Q74885077

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