Portrait of David Hume
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'''''Portrait of David Hume''''' is a 1766 [[portrait painting]] by the British [[artist]] [[Allan Ramsay (artist)|Allan Ramsay]]. It depicts the [[historian]] and [[philosopher]] [[David Hume]], a key figure in the [[Scottish Enlightenment]]. O'Donnell p.70 The two men had a long connection and Hume had consulted Ramsay on the first volume of his ''[[The History of England (Hume)|The History of England]]''.''Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution 1760-1830''. Harry N. Abrams, 2007. p.366 The Scottish-born Ramsay was a leading portraitist of the [[Georgian era]]. He enjoyed notable patronage from [[George III]] and painted a number of portraits of the [[British Royal Family|Royal Family]], and had previously painted Hume in 1754.''Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution 1760-1830''. Harry N. Abrams, 2007. p.366 |
'''''Portrait of David Hume''''' is a 1766 [[portrait painting]] by the British [[artist]] [[Allan Ramsay (artist)|Allan Ramsay]]. It depicts the [[historian]] and [[philosopher]] [[David Hume]], a key figure in the [[Scottish Enlightenment]]. O'Donnell p.70 The two men had a long connection as founders of [[The Select Society]] and Hume had consulted Ramsay on the first volume of his ''[[The History of England (Hume)|The History of England]]''.''Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution 1760-1830''. Harry N. Abrams, 2007. p.366 The Scottish-born Ramsay was a leading portraitist of the [[Georgian era]]. He enjoyed notable patronage from [[George III]] and painted a number of portraits of the [[British Royal Family|Royal Family]], and had previously painted Hume in 1754.''Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution 1760-1830''. Harry N. Abrams, 2007. p.366 |
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Today the painting is in the collection of the [[Scottish National Portrait Gallery]] in [[Edinburgh]].https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/2775 |
Today the painting is in the collection of the [[Scottish National Portrait Gallery]] in [[Edinburgh]].https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/2775 |
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