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Plaster cast of statue of David Hume
Unknown, 1996, Photograph
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Plaster cast of statue of David Hume
Plaster cast of statue of David Hume
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2454
Title
Plaster cast of statue of David Hume to be erected in the Lawnmarket with sculptor, Sandy Stoddart
Description
A large plaster sculpture of David Hume dominates the centre of this image. Hume is portrayed seated in a low chair, wearing classical robes and holding a stone tablet. The sculptor is standing on a ladder looking down on the statue. The studio is filled with many other figurative statues and plaster casts.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1996
Size
20.2 x 25.4 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This image has been chosen for the Edinburgh - Past and Present Exhibition by Aileen Paterson, Artist and Author - "I read his biography this year and visited The National Portrait Gallery to see his likeness. I've drawn this statue several times, with Maisie on his lap, discussing philosophy. I do, however, think that the sculptor has made him more svelte than he really was! An original thinker - and a very sociable man" Aileen Paterson.
A statue of David Hume, the eighteenth century Scottish philosopher, economist and historian, stands outside the High Court of Justiciary on the Lawnmarket in Edinburgh. The statue is neo-classical in style. It was made by the sculptor Alexander Stoddart and unveiled in 1997.
Copyright the Scotsman Publications Ltd
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