Adam Smith
- Artist:
- Type: Print
- Production Date: 1975
- Copy Number: 46
- Edition: 100
- Description: This is one of a series of designs for a pack of Scottish Historical Playing Cards, designed in the mid 1970s. They were commissioned by the Stirling Gallery, owned by Angus Ogilvy, one of the University's first alumni. Each of the character cards in the pack is a figure significant to Scottish history.
Adam Smith (1723-1790) is one of two Jokers in this pack, alongside John Knox.
‘The Joker - in no spirit of levity either. Jokers change the pattern of your hand, are more powerful than kings. Knox represents the strong and simple religious tradition of the Scots; Smith, who wrote ‘The Wealth of Nations‘ in 1772, demonstrated that economic forces too are stronger than kings.‘
Text from original leaflet produced by Stirling Gallery. - Digital Copy:A digital copy exists.
- Location: Pathfoot E Corridor
- Related Material: AC/AF/R/10
- Related Material: AC/OF/1975/32
- Accession Number: 1975.32
- Contact: University of Stirling Art Collection
