About this artwork
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artist:David Martin (1737 - 1797) Scottish
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title:David Hume, 1711 - 1776. Historian and philosopher
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date created:1767
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after:Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784) Scottish
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materials:Mezzotint on paper
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measurements:34.29 x 27.94 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by William Finlay Watson 1886
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accession number:SP IV 77.1
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David Martin
David Martin
David Martin was born in Anstruther, Fife, the son of a schoolmaster. He trained under Allan Ramsay, working in his fellow Scot's London studio from about 1752. In 1755 he joined Ramsay in Rome and probably returned with him to London in 1757, working as his chief assistant, producing copies of...