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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1681
People
François Marie Suzanne, French (Paris, France 1750 - 1802)
Title
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
figure, sculpture
Date
after 1793
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229480

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plaster
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
41.4 x 17.5 x 13 cm (16 5/16 x 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1681
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Washington, Lafayette, Franklin: Portraits, Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Memorabilia, for the Most Part from the Collections of the University, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), p. 28, cat. 57a
  • Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), pp. 86, 124, no. 50, ill. p. 86

Exhibition History

  • Washington Lafayette Franklin, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1944 - 05/28/1944
  • Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975

Verification Level

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