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Portrait Relief of Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1791-1850
Owner: British Museum

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1800
Owner: Musée National de la Cooperation Franco-Américain du Château de Blérancourt
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

William Zorach
Sculpture
1936-37
Owner: Benjamin Franklin Post Office

Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1816
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin

William Sanford Mason
Painting
1846

Benjamin Franklin

Charles Bird King
Painting
before 1859
Owner: Private Collection

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
late 19th century

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
Owner: R. W. Thorpe

Benjamin Franklin

Jean Jacques Caffieri
Sculpture
1777
Owner: Bibliothèque Mazarine

Father of Our Fire Service

Chas Fagan
Painting
c. 1999
Owner: Congressional Fire Services Institute

Portrait Medallion of Benjamin Franklin

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

Benjamin Franklin

Jean Honore Fragonard
Drawing
1778
Owner: Art Institute of Chicago

Benjamin Franklin

Tiffany & Co.
Sculpture
1900
Owner: Columbia University, Art Properties

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

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

Benjamin Franklin

Hiram Powers
Sculpture
1851-73
Owner: Saint Louis Art Museum

Snuffbox with Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Francois Dumont
Decorative Arts
1779
Owner: Library Company of Philadelphia

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Nini
Sculpture
1779
Owner: Musée National de la Cooperation Franco-Américain du Château de Blérancourt

Benjamin Franklin

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

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
before 1907
Owner: Dibner Library, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Painted Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, by Joseph Siffred Duplessis

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
1850-60
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
Owner: University Club

Benjamin Franklin

Anne-Rosalie Bocquet Filleul
Painting
1778/9
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin

John Vanderlyn
Painting
after 1782

Snuffbox with Portrait Print of Franklin, Voltaire, and Rousseau

Unidentified Artist
Decorative Arts
late 18th century
Owner: Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania

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