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


Engravings and prints: Scenes

Title: Benjamin Franklin am Hofe zu Versailles
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF F85 an2 - [xx8]

Title: Benjamin Franklin at the Races
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: FAP 95

Title: Duc de Chaulnes's Improvement of Dr. Franklin's Electrical Kite
Artist: Unidentified
Date: 1788
ID #: neg598

Title: Franklin takes home his paper
Artist: Unidentified
Date: 1836
ID #: neg997

Title: "Interview between Lord Howe and Committee of Congress" (Adams, Rutledge, Franklin, and Howe)
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF F85 comp chap an 3 E - [xx36]

Title: Franklin and electricity, 1752
Artist: American Bank Note Co.
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF F85 comp am E - [xx35]

Title: "L'Apôtre de la liberté immortalisé" (allegorical cartoon depicting the ascension of Franklin into heaven)
Artist: Baricou Monbrun
Date: ca.1790
ID #: RF F85 comp. Mon. 1 XOS - [neg111]

Title: Bowles' Moral Pictures: close-up of vignette illustrating maxim "Plough deep, while sluggards sleep"
Artist:
Date: 1796
ID #: Broadsides C683, no.50 - [neg729]

Title: Franklin's Experiment, June 1752
Artist: Currier & Ives
Date: 1876
ID #: B F85.56a - [neg1177]

Title: "Benjamin Franklin, Ministre plenipotentiaire a la Cour de France...," Hand-colored engraving after Filleul portrait, depicting portrait of Franklin being held by Diogenes
Artist: Unidentified
Date: 1780
ID #: RF F85 fi nl E

Title: Docteur Francklin couronné par la liberté, 177?
Artist: Jean Honoré Fragonard
Date: n.d.
ID #: neg109

Title: Franklin as a Tallow Chandler
Artist: Gilbert and Gihon
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF F85 gi E - [xx71]

Title: Franklin as a printer
Artist: Gilbert and Gihon
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF F85 Printer 1 P - [xx108]

Title: Franklin s'oppose aux taxes en 1766
Artist: Le Jeune; engr. by David
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF F85 comp da E - [xx37]

Title: Incident in early life
Artist: C. R. Leslie
Date: n.d.
ID #: neg483

Title: Mirabeau arrivé aux Champs Elysées
Artist: J. M. Moreau
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF Persons 225 OS - [neg112]

Title: A Picturesque View of the State of the Nation
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF F85 cartoons 1 E - [xx106]

Title: La Grand Bretagne mutilé
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: RF F85 cartoons 2 E - [xx107]

 

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