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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1099
People
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
  • 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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