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Benjamin Franklin

Hiram Powers
Sculpture
1862
Owner: U.S. Senate

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Wright
Painting
1782
Owner: Yale University, Franklin Collection

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1776-1883
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin

David Rent Etter
Painting
1830
Owner: Insurance Company of North America

Benjamin Franklin

Henry Kirke Brown
Sculpture
1852
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Nini
Decorative Arts
c. 1900
Owner: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Benjamin Franklin (Cochin Type)

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

Benjamin Franklin

Painting
Owner: Mr. William Abell

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
Owner: Gilcrease Museum

Small Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
Owner: Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania

Benjamin Franklin

Elise Amberg
Painting
c. 1850-91
Owner: National Museum, Stockholm

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
19th century
Owner: Musee des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux

Study of Benjamin Franklin

Edwin Austin Abbey
Drawing
c. 1902-11
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery

Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Ferdinand Barbedienne
Sculpture
1860-1902
Owner: Fitzwilliam Museum

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

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

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
19th century
Owner: Musee des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux

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

Figurehead: Benjamin Franklin

Lawrence Flynn
Painting
1937
Owner: National Gallery of Art

Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Pierre François Berruer
Sculpture
1779
Owner: Musée National de la Cooperation Franco-Américain du Château de Blérancourt

Benjamin Franklin Medal and Pouch

Louis Saint-Gaudens
Medal
1906
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Nini
Sculpture
1777
Owner: Musée des Beaux Arts, Angers

Benjamin Franklin

Painting
after 1778
Owner: Private Collection

Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
1778
Owner: Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

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