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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
c. 1786
Owner: Boston Athenaeum

Benjamin Franklin

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Painting
1785
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin

Jean Jacques Caffieri
Sculpture
c. 1778
Owner: New-York Historical Society
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Siffred Duplessis
Painting
c. 1784-85
Owner: Chicago History Museum
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1780-1805
Owner: American Philosophical Society

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Wright
Painting
1782
Owner: Yale University, Franklin Collection
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Giuseppe Ceracchi
Sculpture
c. 1775-85
Owner: Boston Public Library
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1779
Owner: Independence National Historical Park
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Siffred Duplessis
Painting
1783
Owner: New York Public Library
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Nini
Sculpture
c. 1777
Owner: Chicago History Museum

Louis XVI and Benjamin Franklin

Charles Gabriel Sauvage Lemire
Sculpture
1780-85
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Jean Baptiste Weyler
Painting
c. 1782-89
Owner: Musée du Louvre

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Jacques Thouron
Painting
c. 1782-89
Owner: Musée du Louvre

Medal of Benjamin Franklin

Augustin Dupre
Medal
1784
Owner: Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Saint-Etienne
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1785-c. 1815

Louis XVI Extends to Benjamin Franklin the Treaty of Friendship and of Commerce

Charles Gabriel Sauvage Lemire
Sculpture
c. 1780-85
Owner: Musée National de la Cooperation Franco-Américain du Château de Blérancourt

Louis XVI remettant à Benjamin Franklin le traités signés entre la France et les États-Unis le 6 Février 1778

Charles Gabriel Sauvage Lemire
Sculpture
c. 1780-85
Owner: Musée Carnavalet

Benjamin Franklin

Jean Baptiste Weyler
Jewelry
c. 1782
Owner: Private collection

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
after 1785
Benjamin Franklin Cup (Gobelet

Benjamin Franklin Cup (Gobelet "Litron")

Etienne-Henry Le Guay Elder
Decorative Arts
c. 1779
Owner: Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens

Figure Group of Louis XVI and Benjamin Franklin

Charles Gabriel Sauvage Lemire
Sculpture
c. 1780-85
Owner: U.S. Department of State

Portrait Medallion of Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1780-90
Owner: British Museum

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Siffred Duplessis
Painting
1785-1800
Owner: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc.

Benjamin Franklin

Wedgwood and Sons
Sculpture
18th century
Owner: American Philosophical Society

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