Collection Highlights
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications
Date:
1871
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M32.3.10.1
Medium:
Black ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Object Number:
1925.45
Date:
Late 18th century
Medium:
White bust on blue jasperware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 11.1 x 8.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Impressed on back: "Wedgwood/Franklin"
Description:
Bas-relief portrait.
Gallery Label:
Wedgwood profile medallions of Franklin, first produced in 1768 and widely circulated thereafter, were an important means of promoting Franklin's reputation in England during the critical years leading up to the American Revolution. In 1772 Franklin bragged to his son about his popularity among English intellectuals: "…my company so much desired that I seldom dine at home in winter, and could spend the whole summer in the country houses of inviting friends, if I chose it."
Credit Line:
Purchase
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