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


Printed works

Title: Souvenir sheet printed on Franklin's printing press in Liverpool
Author: Unidentified
Date: 1841
ID #: neg505

Title: DS with Trustees of the General Loan Office, November 4, 1729. Form printed by Franklin
Author: Eleazer Doane
Date: n.d.
ID #: B F85LF, no. 10 - [xx114]

Title: Befreiungskampf der Nordamerikanischen Staaten. Decorative title page engr. by Herman Mayer with busts of Franklin (after Houdon) and Washington on pillars
Author: Heinrich Elsner
Date: Stuttgart: J. Scheible, 1838
ID #: RF F85 ho ma 2 E - [xx96]

Title: Benjamin Franklin DS to Samuel McCall, January 29, 1744. Form printed by and signed by Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Date: 1744
ID #: B F85LF, no. 7 - [xx115]

Title: "Remarks upon the Navigation from Newfoundland to New-York In order to avoid the Gulf Stream," (Franklin's map of the Gulf Stream)
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Date:
ID #: neg136

Title: Experiments and Observations on Electricity (London, 1769), plate 2, p. 226, (figure of water spout and magic square)
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Date: 1769
ID #: neg616

Title: Experiments and Observations on Electricity (London, 1769), plate II, fig. 4, p. 353 (close-up of magic square)
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Date: 1769
ID #: neg618

Title: The Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin, title page with vignette of Franklin giving rolls to a woman, engr. by George B. Ellis
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Date: N.Y.: Derby and Jackson, 1834
ID #: RF F85 el E - [xx92]

Title: Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin..., title page with vignette after the Cochin portrait
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Date: London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1793
ID #: RF F85 co an 4 E - [xx23]

Title: Pennsylvania Proprietors (John, Thomas, and Richard Penn) DS to Thomas Griffitts. November 12, 1745 (order to affix seal to land patent for Matthew Martin in Lancaster County). Form printed by and signed by Franklin
Author: John, Thomas, and Richard Penn
Date: 1745
ID #: B F85LF, no. 7 - [xx116]

 

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