Benjamin Franklin
The signature on this miniature is difficult to read but it may be by Marie François Perier. Franklin was a popular figure in France following the American War of Independence. A similar profile portrait in pencil (although showing Franklin in spectacles) can be found in the M...
Artifact
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id
20350
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, by bequest, 1931.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_38.176_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_38.176_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_38.176_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.176 |
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Medium
Pencil on paper
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