It might be the proverbial Tam O'Shanter hat, though Hume might not have
been called that.
P
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> Subject: Re: A Query on Hume's Turban-Like Hat
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> There's an etching of Rousseau by Hogarth in a similar
> turban. The style must have been international. Which is as
> much as I know about it.
>
> Mark
>
> At 06:11 PM 3/7/2006, you wrote:
> >Hi Y'all,
> >
> >I've a strange, non-poetic query. Is there a specific name for the
> >turban-like hat that David Hume wears in Allan Ramsay's
> portrait of him?
> >Other philosophers and artists wore such hats during the Scots
> >enlightenment--these hats were often red or burnished orange.
> >
> >Best,
> >Eileen
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Eileen Abrahams
> >Ph.D. Candidate
> >Editorial Fellow
> >Texas Studies in Literature and Language The University of Texas at
> >Austin
> >
> >It is the precise detail of word or rhythm, which carries
> the ethical
> >burden; it is technique, rightly understood, which provides the true
> >point of departure for inspiration.
> > ---Geoffrey Hill
>
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