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


Manuscripts

Title: "Etat du vin dans la cave," September, 1779 [List of wine in Franklin's wine cellar at Passy]
Date: 1779
ID #: B F85 63:31- [xx117]

Title: "Passport" issued to Captain Cook: "To all captains and commanders of armed ships...," March 10, 1779 p. 1
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Date: 1779
ID #: B F85ba - [neg620.001]

Title: "Passport" issued to Captain Cook: "To all captains and commanders of armed ships...," March 10, 1779 p. 2
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Date: 1779
ID #: B F85ba - [neg620.002]

Title: Promissory note to France no. 2, September 16, 1779 (Franklin-Bache Papers)
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Date: 1779
ID #: B F85ba - [neg1186.002]

Title: Subscription for the construction of Philosophical Hall, July 4, 1786
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Date: 1786
ID #: APS Archives - [xx4]

Title: William Franklin to William Temple Franklin, December 16, 1784 (address sheet, world's first airmail letter)
Author: William Franklin
Date: 1784
ID #: B F86

Title: William Franklin to William Temple Franklin, December 16, 1784 (world's first airmail letter)
Author: William Franklin
Date: 1784
ID #: B F86 - [xx1]

Title: Ferdinand Grand to Franklin, November 29, 1783: Franklin's notes on verso, estimating his time of first arrival in Philadelphia in 1723
Author: Ferdinand Grand
Date: 1783
ID #: B F85 30:112 - [xx3]

Title: Harvard College. Honorary degree granted to Benjamin Franklin (see metal box listed under Realia)
Date:
ID #: B F85di - [neg619]

Title: Library Company of Philadelphia, Receipt for a book signed by Franklin
Date: n.d.
ID #: B F85ba - [xx5]

 

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