Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), Jean Antoine Houdon, 1778

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Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), 1778, French, Marble, Overall (weight confirmed): 23 1/8 × 14 1/2 × 11 1/4 in., 87 lb. ( × × cm, kg), Sculpture, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Houdon's bust of Franklin was the first of his canonical portraits of leading figures in American history, among them Washington, Jefferson, John Paul Jones, the Marquis de Lafayette and Robert Fulton

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License: Licensed
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