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


Sculptures

Title: Bronze figurine of Franklin seated among books and scientific objects, mid-19th century
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: FAP 107

Title: Small bronze bust of Franklin
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: FAP 106

Title: Statue of Franklin standing at pillar, otherwise unidentified
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: FAP 111

Title: "Benjamin Franklin, 1778," small bust of Franklin, in bone, inscribed on pedestal
Artist: Unidentified
Date: 1778
ID #: FAP 102

Title: "The Old English Gentleman," Staffordshire porcelain figure of Franklin with caption
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: FAP 101

Title: "Washington," Staffordshire statuette of Franklin (labeled Washington)
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: FAP 192

Title: Plaster bust after Jean Jacques Caffieri.
Artist: Unidentified
Date: ca. 1800
ID #: neg223

Title: Daguerreotype of unidentified bust of Franklin in black thermoplastic frame.
Artist: Unidentified
Date: ca.1850
ID #: Cabinet of Curiosities - [neg675.004]

Title: Plaster bust after Jean Jacques Caffieri.
Artist: Unidentified
Date: ca.1800
ID #: neg224.001

Title: Plaster bust after Jean Jacques Caffieri.
Artist: Unidentified
Date: ca.1800
ID #: neg224.002

Title: Small seated figure of Franklin
Artist: Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Date: ca.1870-1880
ID #: FAP 109

Title: Plaster bust of Franklin cast after Houdon bust of 1778
Artist: John Flaxman. Profile, by Mills, 1958.
Date: 1802
ID #: neg127.006

Title: Statue of Franklin on Chestnut Street faćade of Library Hall after Lazzarini
Artist: Lewis Iselin
Date: n.d.
ID #: neg427

Title: "The Genius of Franklin," bronze allegorical figure
Artist: Giulio Monteverde
Date: 1872
ID #: neg113

Title: Bronze figure of Franklin after the terra cotta figure by Suzanne of 1793
Artist: François Marie Suzanne
Date: n.d.
ID #: FAP 112

Title: Dresden-like statuette of standing Franklin, Staffordshire pottery, suggested by the Suzanne figure
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: FAP 103

Title: Small brass figure of Franklin, standing, after the Suzanne figure, on wooden base
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: FAP 105

Title: Creamy white Staffordshire statuette of standing Franklin attributed to Ralph Wood (1716-1772)
Artist: Ralph Wood
Date: n.d.
ID #: FAP 104

Title: Bas relief bronze plaque of Franklin reception at the court of France
Artist: Unidentified
Date: n.d.
ID #: neg527

 

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