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Source Description
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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It is possible both are after a print.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
20350
label
Benjamin Franklin
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
20350
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Benjamin Franklin
description
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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It is possible both are after a print.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, by bequest, 1931.
date
1783
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signed and dated] lower left: M. Perier (?) / ce 4 janvier 1783.
med
Pencil on paper
creator_ids
7923
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
22f1438f14c1ac2e