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Benjamin Franklin

Decorative Arts
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Unidentified Artist
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Sculpture
c. 1800
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Unidentified Artist
Benjamin Franklin Cheatham

Benjamin Franklin Cheatham

Photograph
c. 1861-65 (after earlier photograph)
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Unidentified Artist
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Print
1798
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Samuel Allardice
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Print
1782
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John Norman
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Print
1796
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John Scoles
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Print
1903
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Jacques Reich
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Print
c. 1782
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Robert Pollard
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Print
1797
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William Harrison
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Print
1782
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J. Pelicier
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Print
1794
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Benjamin Tanner
Benjamin Franklin Chavis

Benjamin Franklin Chavis

Silhouette
1980
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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Sculpture
after 1777
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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Sculpture
1777
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Jean-Baptiste Nini
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Sculpture
after 1778
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    • United States. Army  64
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    • Franklin, Benjamin  42
    • Volck, Adalbert John  20
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    • United States. Navy  7
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    • Currier & Ives Lithography Company  3
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    • Tracy, Benjamin Franklin  3
    • Williams, Thomas  3
    • Wilson, James Falconer  3
    • Wool, John Ellis  3
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    • Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant  2
    • Benjamin W. Thayer Lithography Co.  2
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    • Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan  2
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