Franklin Images and Artifacts

Portraits and paintings
Full-sized painted portraits of Franklin, generally in oil
Miniature portraits
Miniature portraits on various substrates
Sketches and original artwork
Pencil, pen and ink, and pastel drawings of Franklin
Engravings and prints: portraits
Engraved and printed portraits of Franklin.
Engravings and prints: scenes
Engravings and prints depicting Franklin engaged in various activities.
Manuscripts
Manuscript letters to or from Franklin
Medallions and plaques
Medallions, medals, and plaques.
Sculptures
Statues, statuettes, and figurines composed of various materials
Printed works
Illustrations from works written by or about or printed by Franklin
Realia
Objects of various sorts actually owned or otherwise associated with Franklin
Ephemera and miscellaneous
Printed ephemera and miscellaneous objects bearing likenesses of Franklin.
Items associated with Franklin
Miscellaneous materials associated with Franklin or his relatives


Ephemera and miscellaneous items

Title: Currency: $1 note, Hoboken Banking Co. (N.J.), with bust of Franklin
Date: 1826
ID #: RF F85 ma un - [xx105]

Title: Currency: $2 note, Farmers and Merchants Bank of Memphis, with bust of Franklin after Martin portr.
Date: 1832
ID #: RF F85 ma un - [xx98]

Title: Currency: $3 note, Columbia Bank, Washington, D.C., with bust of Franklin
Date: 1872
ID #: RF F85 ma un - [xx97]

Title: Currency: $3 note, Franklin Bank of the City of New York, with bust of Franklin
Date: 1818
ID #: RF F85 ma un - [xx99]

Title: Currency: $5 note, State Bank at New Brunswick (N.J.), with bust of Franklin
Date: 1818
ID #: RF F85 ma un - [xx100]

Title: Currency: $10 note, Manual Labor Banking House, Philadelphia, with bust of Franklin after Martin
Date: 1836
ID #: RF F85 ma un - [xx101]

Title: Currency: $20 note, Picataqua Exchange Bank, Portsmouth (N.H.), with bust of Franklin
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF F85 ma un - [xx102]

Title: Currency: $20 note, Franklin Bank, Jersey City (N.J.), with bust of Franklin
Date: 1827
ID #: RF F85 ma un - [xx103]

Title: Currency: $100 note, Planters Bank, Natchez (Miss.), with bust of Franklin
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF F85 ma un - [xx104]

Title: World Columbian Exposition ticket, with Duplessis-type portrait of Franklin (American Bank Note Co.)
Date: 1893
ID #: RF F85 du am E - [xx39]

Title: Masonic ribbon with Duplessis-type image of Franklin, September 1856
Date: 1856
ID #: RF F85 du an 2 E - [xx40]

Title: "Inauguration of the Franklin Statue... Boston," ribbon with Houdon-like bust of Franklin
Date: 1856
ID #: RF F85 ho an 3 E - [xx73]

Title: Society for the Encouragement of Faithful Domestics hand bill with vignette of Franklin (after the Martin portrait)
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF F85 soc E - [xx76]

 

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