1977.15: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.15
- People
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After Jean-Antoine Houdon, French (Versailles, France 1741 - 1828 Paris, France)
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- bust, sculpture
- Date
- c. 1880
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/227838
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
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45 x 36.8 x 31.9 cm (17 11/16 x 14 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.)
with base: 56 cm (22 1/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- manufacturer's mark: rear rim, cast in: F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR
- inscription: proper right shoulder, cast in: houdon f 1778
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Unidentified dealer, Philadelphia?], sold; to Joseph Y. Jeanes, 1900, by descent?; to Joseph Y. Jeanes, Jr., his son, Wilmington, Delaware, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Joseph Y. Jeanes, Jr.
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.15
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Benjamin Franklin, Houghton Library, Cambridge, 06/05/2006 - 09/23/2006
Verification Level
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