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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Augustin Dupre
Sculpture
c. 1780-90
Owner: Yale University, Franklin Collection
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1779
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Augustin Dupre
Medal
1784
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1787-1837
Owner: Franklin Institute Science Museum
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

John Norman
Print
1782
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1775-85
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Benjamin Franklin

Stephen Elmer
Painting
c. 1782-96
Owner: The White House

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Wright
Painting
1782
Owner: Royal Society, London

Benjamin Franklin

Sculpture
c. 1760-80
Owner: The Henry Ford
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Wright
Painting
1782
Owner: George Washington University
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

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

Benjamin Franklin

Pierre-Michel Alix
Print
c. 1790
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Signing of the Treaty of Paris

Signing of the Treaty of Paris

Benjamin West
Painting
1783
Owner: Winterthur Museum
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Print
1780
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1790
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

J. Pelicier
Print
1782
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1780-1830
Owner: Winterthur Museum
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

John Downman
Drawing
c. 1782
Owner: Winterthur Museum
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1782-1800
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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

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

Benjamin Franklin

Francois Denis Nee
Print
1781
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Siffred Duplessis
Painting
c. 1779
Owner: Boston Public Library

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