SculptureFrench19th century
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
c. 1880
Artists
Jean-Antoine HoudonArtist
Dimensions
45 x 36.8 x 31.9 cm (17 11/16 x 14 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.) with base: 56 cm (22 1/16 in.)
Provenance
[Unidentified dealer, Philadelphia?], sold; to Joseph Y. Jeanes, 1900, by descent?; to Joseph Y. Jeanes, Jr., his son, Wilmington, Delaware, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977
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