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Benjamin Franklin

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Artist: Unidentified Artist
Copy after: Jean Jacques Caffieri, 25 Apr 1725 - 21 Jun 1792
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790

Date: after 1777

Type: Sculpture

Medium: White marble
Dimensions: 56.8cm (22 3/8"), Accurate

Topic: Benjamin Franklin: Male; Benjamin Franklin: Literature\Writer; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Congressman\Continental congressman; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration; Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Scientist; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Diplomat; Benjamin Franklin: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist; Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Inventor; Benjamin Franklin: Crafts and Trades\Printer; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.69.61

Provenance: (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc.), New York; purchased NPG 1969

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery