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Album of 107 preparatory drawings to illustrate David Hume's "History of England"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

Album of 107 preparatory drawings to illustrate David Hume's "History of England"

David Hume|Henri-Félix-Emmanuel Philippoteaux

Date
ca. 1853
Medium
Graphite, brush and brown wash, gouache
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 1/16 in. (21 × 25.5 cm)
Object type
Album; drawing
Classification
Drawings|Albums
Object number
2018.675.1–.107
Credit line
Purchase, Christie's Inc. Gift, 2018
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1711–1776 Edinburgh|French, Paris 1815–1884 Paris

The Met object ID 771453. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.