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… Image ‘Seal of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’, in Archaeologia Scotica: or Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, volume I. Printed by W. and A. Smellie, printers to the Society, for W. Creech, Edinburgh, and T. Cadell, … 1792. Image Brown, John, ‘David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, 1742 - 1829. Antiquary’, National Galleries Scotland, PG 3596, 1781 Image Brown, John, ‘William Smellie, 1740 - 1795. Printer, naturalist and antiquary’, National …

… to be the elite. People > Aristocracy Places > Cities Keywords Aristocracy Catholicism Court Elite Merchants Patronage Scotland James of York and Albany came with his family and court to Edinburgh for two stays between 1679 and 1682, which … However, the departure of the Stuart court for England deprived Edinburgh of its wealthiest clients. Those who stayed in Scotland or eventually came back, such as the well-off aristocracy, the members of the Parliament or the Magistrates, … Edinburgh’s society and forms of sociability were profoundly altered. Prince James, Duke of York and Albany, was sent to Scotland by his brother, Charles II, in October 1679, because of his declared Catholicism. Since the prince was facing …

… Image Allan Ramsay, ‘David Hume’, 1754, National Galleries of Scotland, PG 3521 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painting_of_David_Hume.jpg Image Allan Ramsay, ‘Jean-Jacques … looks first at Hume as a sociable philosopher, in theory and in practice, he belonged to diverse clubs and societies in Scotland and London, then at Hume’s participation in the Republic of Letters , and finally at philosophy as the practice of sociability. People > Philosophy Keywords Clubs Enlightenment France Philosophy Republic of Letters Salons Scotland Societies David Hume’s original position in eighteenth-century letters is linked to a paradox: he was both a …

… A. Cruse after T. H. Shepherd.’, Wellcome Collection, 7887i, 1973. Image George Walker, ‘St. Bernard's Well, Edinburgh, Scotland’, Wellcome Collection, 17441i, 1803. Image J. Gellath, ‘Horsemen and carriages in front of the High School, Carlton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland’, Wellcome Library, 17256i. Image W.H. Lizars after T.H. Shepherd, ‘Busy street-life in front of Edinburgh University, Scotland’, Welcome Library, 17093i, 1829. Image ‘The Royal Institution, Edinburgh, with a view of the Castle’, Wellcome …