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Hume, David, 1711-1776 (Scottish Philosopher)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 7 May 1711 - 25 August 1776

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

David Hume, March 1823

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/96
Scope and Contents

David Hume. Line engraving. March 1823. Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784, Artist; Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852, Engraver.

Publisher statement: London: Pubd. for the Proprietor.

Published in: Walmsley, Physiognomical Portraits (1824).

Dates: March 1823

Engraving showing a Portrait of David Hume, mid-19th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/SRC.1.9
Scope and Contents

This is an engraving showing a portrait of Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776), with the caption: "David Hume. From a Print by A. Smith, after a Picture by Allen Ramsay. Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London, Published by Charles Knight & Co. Ludgate Street." And just under the portrait: "Engraved by W. Holl".

Dates: mid-19th century

Hume's Tomb on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh, 1789

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/97
Scope and Contents

Hume's Tomb on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh. Line engraving. 1789. Macpherson, Aeneas, Artist, Engraver.

Published in: Macpherson, Edina Delineata (1789).

Dates: 1789

Papers of Peter Howard Jones, Professor of Philosophy

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1833
Scope and Contents This collection consists of lecture courses, single lectures and notes (some revised and published later) delivered in the University of Edinburgh, or in its name elsewhere, by Professor Peter Jones FRSE, as Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Philosophy between 1964 and 1998, and as Emeritus Professor from 1998 onwards - including his unpublished Inaugural Lecture (1986) and Gifford Lectures (1995).Subjects of the lectures include, but are not limited to: Philosophy and...
Dates: 1964-1999; 2015