SculptureBritish18th century
Adam Smith (1735-1799)
1787
Artists
James TassieArtist
Description
Oval portrait medallion with Smith in right profile.
Dimensions
9.5 x 7 x 1.3 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Provenance
[Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1911, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
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