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Results for "Bust of Benjamin Franklin"12 records

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The Colonies Reduced; Its Companion, designed and engraved for The Political Register by Benjamin Franklin, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Colonies Reduced; Its Companion, designed and engraved for The Political Register

Benjamin Franklin (d. 1790)

December 1768 · Etching and engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Profile Bust of Benjamin Franklin by Patience Wright, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Profile Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Patience Wright (d. 1786)

ca. 1775 · Wax, glass, wood, paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait Panel of Benjamin Franklin by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait Panel of Benjamin Franklin

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1780 · Linden, holly, sycamore or harewood

Cleared · Public Domain

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Magna Britannia: Her Colonies Reduced by Benjamin Franklin, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Magna Britannia: Her Colonies Reduced

Benjamin Franklin (d. 1790)

1833 [based on 1766 print] · Etching and engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bust of Benjamin Franklin by Isaac Broome, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Isaac Broome (d. 1922)

1876 · Parian porcelain

Cleared · Public Domain

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Plaque Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Jacques Thouron, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plaque Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Jacques Thouron (d. 9999)

1776–1883 · Enamel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait Bust of Benjamin Franklin by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Unrecorded maker

1800–1883 · Stone

Cleared · Public Domain

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Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Medal by Louis St. Gaudens, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Medal

Louis St. Gaudens (d. 1913)

1906 · Bronze

Cleared · Public Domain

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No 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.

Allegorical Figures of France and Fame Honoring a Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (d. 1814)

1787(?) · Graphite or black chalk on cream laid paper

In copyright

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No 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.

[Bust of Benjamin Franklin, frontal view]

Richard Benson (d. 2017)

ca. 1976 · Gelatin silver print

In copyright

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No 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.

[Bust of Benjamin Franklin, profile]

Richard Benson (d. 2017)

ca. 1976 · Gelatin silver print

In copyright

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No 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.

[Bust of Benjamin Franklin, three-quarter view]

Richard Benson (d. 2017)

ca. 1976 · Gelatin silver print

In copyright

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