X-radiograph(s) of "Benjamin Franklin (1706?1790)"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.6433
People: Artist of original: Joseph Siffred Duplessis, French (Carpentras, France 1725 - 1802 Versailles, France)
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Benjamin Franklin (1706?1790)"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph, x-radiograph
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/345926

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.6433
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-Radiograph Description: X-Radiograph; detail : head

Burroughs Number: 2228

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Duplessis, Joseph Siffred, French, 1725-1802
Title: Benjamin Franklin (1706?1790)
Date: 1778
Description: Oil on canvas; Oval, 28 1/2 x 23 in. (72.4 x 58.4 cm)
Owner: Metropolitan Museum, New York (Friedsam Collection)
Object Number: 32.100.132