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
>
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>
>--
>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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