Benjamin Franklin

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Artist

Jean-Antoine Houdon (French 1741–1828)

Date

about 1778

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

33 1/8 x 26 1/4 x 16 3/16 in. (84.2 x 66.6 x 41.1 cm) (integral base)

Description

Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson for the Boston Athenæum.

Credit Line

Gift of the estate of George Francis Parkman, 1908 [?]

Object Number

UH151