Category:Adam Smith (Muir portrait)

**Adam Smith**
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Instance of	painting;
Main subject	Adam Smith;
Depicts	Adam Smith
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	portrait;
Location	National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Creator	unknown value (anonymous);
Collection	National Galleries Scotland (PG 1472, 1945–);
Inventory number	PG 1472 (National Galleries Scotland);
Inception	1800s;
Width	64.5 cm;
Height	77.9 cm;
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Adam Smith (Muir portrait)

anonymous: Adam Smith

Artist

anonymous

Unidentified painter
Description	18th-century portrait paintings of men, with Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, Unattributed, Unknown or Anonymous artists.

Title

The Muir portrait
Adam Smith, 1723 - 1790. Political economist

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

English: 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 1795

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 77.9 cm (30.6 in)

; width: 64.5 cm (25.3 in)

Collection

National Galleries Scotland

	Location	City of Edinburgh , United Kingdom
	Coordinates	55° 57′ 07″ N, 3° 13′ 26″ W
	Established	1859
	Website	www.nationalgalleries.org
	Authority file	: Q2051997 VIAF: 2912165110748336780008 ISNI: 0000000406067468 ULAN: 500307791 LCCN: n82138771 NLA: 35464900 WorldCat

Current location

Scottish National Gallery

	Native name	Scottish National Gallery
	Parent institution	National Galleries Scotland
	Location	Edinburgh
	Coordinates	55° 57′ 03″ N, 3° 11′ 44″ W
	Established	1859
	Website	nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery
	Authority file	: Q942713 VIAF: 129667249 ISNI: 0000000121562553 ULAN: 500293831 LCCN: n80073803 NLA: 35174426 WorldCat

In Storage

Accession number

PG 1472 (National Galleries Scotland)

Credit line

Given by J.H. Romanes 1945

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