1943.1099: Adam Smith (1735-1799)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1099
- People
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James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)
- Title
- Adam Smith (1735-1799)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, relief
- Date
- 1787
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/230124
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- White glass paste
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 7 x 1.3 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: impressed in truncation: 1787 / Tassie F.
- gallery label: reverse, paper, black ink, printed and handwritten: [printed:] F. RATHBONE, / South Kensington, / LONDON, S.W. / [handwritten:] Adam Smith / "Wealth of Nations" / James Tassie 1787 / own cabinet
- inscription: in truncation, impressed: ADAM SMITH / IN HIS 64 YEAR
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1911, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.1099
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Oval portrait medallion with Smith in right profile.
Publication History
- Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 100, p. 40
- Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), no. 75
Exhibition History
- Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
- Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975
Verification Level
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