
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
Jean Antoine Houdon (d. 1828)
1778 · Marble
Cleared · Public Domain
liveRights clearance desk for images
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Where this page got its records
1327 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
316 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
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Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
Jean Antoine Houdon (d. 1828)
1778 · Marble
Cleared · Public Domain
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The American Rattle Snake
James Gillray (d. 1815)
April 12, 1782 · Etching
Cleared · Public Domain
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The American Rattle Snake
James Gillray (d. 1815)
April 12, 1782 · Etching
Cleared · Public Domain
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Obelisk clock with a Franklin movement
David Roentgen (d. 1807)
ca. 1785–90 · Oak, thuya burl wood, gilded bronze, silver, and steel
Cleared · Public Domain
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Mrs. Richard Bache (Sarah Franklin, 1743–1808)
John Hoppner (d. 1810)
1793 · Oil on canvas
Cleared · Public Domain
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Magna Britannia: Her Colonies Reduced
Benjamin Franklin (d. 1790)
1833 [based on 1766 print] · Etching and engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Decanter
Bakewell, Page & Bakewell (d. 1882)
ca. 1826–35 · Blown and cut glass; clay cameo
Cleared · Public Domain
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Figure of Benjamin Franklin
Unrecorded maker
1835–45 · Earthenware, transfer-printed
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[General Lafayette at Benjamin Franklin's tomb] by Enoch Wood & Sons, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ad/web-large/25841.jpg)
[General Lafayette at Benjamin Franklin's tomb]
Enoch Wood & Sons (d. 1846)
ca. 1824–ca. 1846 · Earthenware, transfer-printed
Cleared · Public Domain
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Benjamin Franklin
Henry Kirke Brown (d. 1886)
1852 · Bronze
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Sword and Scabbard of Captain Richard French (1792–1854)
Ames Manufacturing Company (d. 1935)
1850 · Gold, brass, steel
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
William Henry Huntington
Walter Gay (d. 1937)
1887 · Oil on wood
In copyright
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