File:Adam Smith The Muir portrait.jpg

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Summary

anonymous: Adam Smith

Artist

Unknown author

Title

The Muir portrait

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

Portrait of the political economist and philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790) by an unknown artist, which is known as the ‘Muir portrait’ after the family who once owned it. The portrait was probably painted posthumously, based on a medallion by James Tassie.

Depicted people

Adam Smith

Date

circa 1800

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

77.90 x 64.50 cm (framed: 110.00 x 96.90 x 8.00 cm)

Collection

Scottish National Gallery

	Native name	Scottish National Gallery
	Parent institution	National Galleries Scotland
	Location	Edinburgh
	Coordinates	55° 57′ 03.24″ N, 3° 11′ 44.38″ W
	Established	1859
	Website	nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery
	Authority file	: Q942713 VIAF: 129667249 ISNI: 0000000121562553 ULAN: 500293831 LCCN: n80073803 NLA: 35174426 WorldCat

Accession number

PG 1472

Credit line

Given by J.H. Romanes 1945

Notes

The Muir portrait of Adam Smith is “so called after those who are known to have owned it. … We have no absolute confirmation, no positive actual proof, that the picture is of Adam Smith. We have definitive evidence that one such portrait of him existed. Beyond this, the most we should say is that the Muir portrait makes out quote the best claim to being an authentic portrait of Adam Smith, though, in the absence of positive confirmation, the evidence in its favour must be circumstantial. Even so, that evidence is strong; and no other claimant has appeared with a comparable case” (A. L. Macfie, 1952).^[1]

References

Source/Photographer

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/3787/adam-smith-1723-1790-political-economist

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	20:30, 29 April 2021	540 × 694 (88 KB)	BoHjalmar	Correcting to a moderate amount of brightening.
	16:29, 28 March 2018	540 × 694 (121 KB)	Gaeanautes	Version brightened, colour tone adjusted
	23:05, 25 July 2012	540 × 694 (50 KB)	P. S. Burton	{{Artwork \|artist=Unknown \|title=''The Muir portrait'' \|description=Portrait of the political economist and philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790) by an unknown artist, which is known as the ‘Muir portrait’ after the family who once owned it. The portr...