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Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Siffred Duplessis
Painting
1779
Owner: Musée Carnavalet
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Sculpture
late 18th-mid 19th century
Owner: Harvard University Portrait Collection
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Sculpture
n.d.a.
Owner: U.S. Military Academy
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
1778
Owner: Bennington Museum
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Charles Nicholas Cochin
Drawing
c. 1777
Owner: Yale University, Franklin Collection
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Jean Charles Le Vasseur
Print
1778
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
1778
Owner: New-York Historical Society
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Decorative Arts
1778
Owner: American Philosophical Society

Benjamin Franklin

Wedgwood & Bentley
Sculpture
1775-77
Owner: Buten Museum of Wedgwood (closed 1988)

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Nini
Sculpture
1778
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin

Charles Paul Jerome de Brea
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Nini
Sculpture
1777
Owner: The Henry Ford
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Drawing
c. 1775-1805
Owner: Yale University, Franklin Collection
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Nini
Sculpture
1777
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

John Downman
Drawing
c. 1782
Owner: Winterthur Museum

Benjamin Franklin

Wedgwood and Sons
Sculpture
late 18th century
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Sculpture
1778?
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Louis Carrogis De Carmontelle
Drawing
c. 1780-81
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Mrs. Herbert Clark Hoover

Benjamin Franklin (Duplessis Type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1776-1883
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Medal
c. 1773-88
Owner: Library Company of Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
c. 1778
Owner: de Young Museum

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Nini
Sculpture
1779
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Nini
Sculpture
1777
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1778
Owner: Historic New England

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