Object Details
- Cast after
- Jean-Antoine Houdon, 1741 - 1828
- Sitter
- Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
- Provenance
- Joseph Hennage; gift to NPG 1976
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Joseph Hennage
- after 1778
- Object number
- NPG.76.58
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Plaster
- Dimensions
- 28.5cm (11 1/4"), Accurate
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Benjamin Franklin: Male
- Benjamin Franklin: Arts & Culture\Literature\Writer
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Government official\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: Social Welfare and Reform\Philanthropist
- Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Inventor
- Benjamin Franklin: Business and Finance\Tradesman\Printer
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.76.58
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44ec94424-48d8-44cd-9110-fece5e737d51
