# Portrait of James Macpherson [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MARTIN, David]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 76 x 64 cm ## Commentary A Scottish poet, writer and politician, James Macpherson \(1736-1796\) is best known as the 'translator' of the Ossian cycle, published in 1761 under the title Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books, a work that, despite its dubious origin, is credited with doing more to bring about the romantic movement in Europe than any other. ## Related artworks - [Portrait of Benjamin Franklin]() - [Self-Portrait]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()