Editing Adam Smith (section)

===Portraits, monuments, and banknotes===
[[File:Adam Smith statue by Alexander Stoddart.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|A statue of Smith in [[Edinburgh]]'s High Street, erected through private donations organised by the [[Adam Smith Institute]]]]

Smith has been commemorated in the UK on banknotes printed by two different banks; his portrait has appeared since 1981 on the [[Pound sterling|£]]50 notes issued by the [[Clydesdale Bank]] in Scotland,<ref name="clydesdale">{{cite web|url=http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/scotland/ScotlandP209-50Pounds-1981-donatedowl_f.jpg |title=Clydesdale 50 Pounds, 1981 |publisher=Ron Wise's Banknoteworld |access-date=15 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030185820/http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/scotland/ScotlandP209-50Pounds-1981-donatedowl_f.jpg |archive-date=30 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="scotbanks">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotbanks.org.uk/banknotes_current_clydesdale_bank.php |title=Current Banknotes : Clydesdale Bank |publisher=The Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers |access-date=15 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003071439/http://www.scotbanks.org.uk/banknotes_current_clydesdale_bank.php |archive-date=3 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in March 2007 Smith's image also appeared on the new series of [[Bank of England £20 note|£20 notes]] issued by the [[Bank of England]], making him the first Scotsman to feature on an [[Bank of England note issues|English banknote]].<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6096938.stm |title=Smith replaces Elgar on £20 note |access-date=14 May 2008 |publisher=BBC |date=29 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324062831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6096938.stm |archive-date=24 March 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:6 Burlington Gardens facade Smith.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Statue of Smith built in 1867–1870 at the old headquarters of the [[University of London]], [[6 Burlington Gardens]]]]

Between 1867 and 1870, a statue of Smith was built into the outside wall of [[6 Burlington Gardens]], then the headquarters of the [[University of London]] (now home to the [[Royal Academy of Arts]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue — Adam Smith (1723-1790), Political economist |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/personExtended/mp04140/adam-smith?tab=iconography |access-date=13 February 2025 |publisher=National Portrait Gallery}}</ref> A large-scale memorial of Smith by [[Alexander Stoddart]] was unveiled on 4 July 2008 in Edinburgh. It is a {{convert|10|ft|adj=on}}-tall bronze sculpture and it stands above the [[Royal Mile]] outside [[St&nbsp;Giles' Cathedral]] in Parliament Square, near the [[Mercat cross]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Adam Smith sculpture to tower over Royal Mile |date=26 September 2007 |work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]] |author=Blackley, Michael}}</ref> Sculptor [[Jim Sanborn]] has created multiple pieces which feature Smith's work. At [[Central Connecticut State University]] is ''Circulating Capital'', a tall cylinder which features an extract from ''The Wealth of Nations'' on the lower half, and on the upper half, some of the same text, but represented in [[binary code]].<ref>{{cite news |title=CCSU welcomes a new kid on the block |date=13 March 2001 |author=Fillo, Maryellen |work=[[The Hartford Courant]]}}</ref> At the [[University of North Carolina at Charlotte]], outside the Belk College of Business Administration, is ''Adam Smith's Spinning Top''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Piece at UNCC is a puzzle for Charlotte, artist says |date=20 May 1997 |author=Kelley, Pam |work=[[The Charlotte Observer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Artist sheds new light on sculpture |date=1 June 1997 |author=Shaw-Eagle, Joanna |work=[[The Washington Times]]}}</ref> Another Smith sculpture is at [[Cleveland State University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sculpturecenter.org/oosi/sculpture.asp?SID=1055 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205065104/http://www.sculpturecenter.org/oosi/sculpture.asp?SID=1055 |archive-date=5 February 2005 |title=Adam Smith's Spinning Top |publisher=Ohio Outdoor Sculpture Inventory |access-date=24 May 2008}}</ref> Smith also appears as the narrator in the 2013 play ''[[The Low Road (play)|The Low Road]]'', centred on a proponent on ''laissez-faire'' economics in the late 18th century, but dealing obliquely with the [[2008 financial crisis]] and the [[Great Recession]]; he was portrayed by [[Bill Paterson (actor)|Bill Paterson]] in the premiere production at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|author=Paul Taylor |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-low-road-royal-court-london-8553085.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-low-road-royal-court-london-8553085.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The Low Road, Royal Court, London - Reviews - Theatre & Dance |newspaper=The Independent |date=28 March 2013 |accessdate=13 February 2025}}</ref>

A bust of Smith is in the Hall of Heroes of the [[National Wallace Monument]] in [[Stirling]]. Five paving stones, displaying quotations from Smith's works, were unveiled in December 2023 in the [[High Street, Glasgow]]. The stones were commissioned by the University of Glasgow to mark the 300th anniversary of Smith's birth.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Caroline |title=University of Glasgow honours famous graduate at historic site |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23964936.adam-smith-memorial-unveiled-university-glasgow/ |access-date=5 December 2023 |work=The Herald |date=4 December 2023 |page=11 |language=en}}</ref>