Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1457: Design in Memory of Benjamin Franklin Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Design in Memory of Benjamin Franklin (? Jean Baptiste Pillement) , 1943.1457,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/297281. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1457 People ? Jean Baptiste Pillement, French (Lyon 1728 - 1808 Lyon) Title Design in Memory of Benjamin Franklin Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1790 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/297281 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper Dimensions framed: 71 x 54.2 cm (27 15/16 x 21 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Along bottom edge: "LÉE A FAIT DÉPOSER AUX ARCHIVES NATIONALES ENTRE L’ADRESSE À SON PRÉSIDENT ET L’EXPLICATION DES ALLÉGORIES QUE PRÉSENTENT CE MAUSOLÉE COMPOSÉE ET ÉXÉCUTÉE À LA PLUME PAR ROY" Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1457 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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. 31, cat. 67 Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), p. 143, no. 88 A New Attribution, Index Magazine, Harvard Art Museums (March 8, 2017), [e-journal], http://magazine.harvardartmuseums.org/article/2017/03/08/new-attribution, accessed March 20, 2017 Ewa Lajer-Burcharth and Elizabeth M. Rudy, ed., Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2017), pp. 176, 285, repr. p. 175 as fig. 2 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 Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/2017 - 05/07/2017 Related Digital Tours Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
