Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1631
People: Unidentified Artist
After Anne-Rosalie Filleul, French (Paris 1752 - 1794 Paris)
Title: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 18th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229752

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on tortoise shell

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1631

Division

European and American Art

Contact

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Publication History

Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), pp. 87, 124, no. 52; ill. p. 87

Exhibition History

Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975

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