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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1096
People
James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)
Title
David Hume (1711-1776)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
c. 1775
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229870

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White glass paste
Dimensions
9.6 x 7.1 x 1.2 cm (3 3/4 x 2 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: impressed in truncation: T
  • inscription: truncation, impressed: DAVID HUME
  • gallery label: verso, paper, ink, printed and handwritten: [printed in blue:] F. RATHBONE, / South Kensington, / LONDON, S. W. / [handwritten in black:] David Hume / (Gray 198) 1776 / James Tassie / own cabinet

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
James Tassie. [1] [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1911, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1096
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Hume in left profile.

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 103, p. 41
  • Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), no. 76

Exhibition History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
  • Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975
  • Benjamin Franklin: A How-to Guide, The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Cambridge, 08/27/2007 - 09/30/2007

Verification Level

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