Proposals for raising a subscription among Judges and Members of the Faculty of Advocates, former pupils of David Hume as Professor of Scots Law, with a view to procuring a memorial to him on his retirement from that office.
Item
Identifier: MS.2976
Scope and Contents
The proposal is signed by fifty-two subscribers, including Sir Walter Scott. Chantrey was asked to execute a bust of Hume, but was unable to undertake the commission (see Scott's letter to Chantrey of 7 September 1822, and note, in the Centenary Edition of his letters).
Dates
- Creation: ?1822.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
6 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
iv + 2 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Part of the collection bequeathed by Mr and Mrs W R Reid of Lauriston Castle, received in 1926, transferred from the Department of Printed Books.
Bibliography
'Letters of Sir Walter Scott', centenary edition, (London, 1932-1937), edited by Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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National Library of Scotland
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