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Source Description
This plaster medallion is painted to look like terracotta. The piece has a moulded plaster frame painted gold and black.
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Document identity
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34401
label
Portrait Medallion of Benjamin Franklin
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
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34401
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Portrait Medallion of Benjamin Franklin
description
This plaster medallion is painted to look like terracotta. The piece has a moulded plaster frame painted gold and black.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th century
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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medallions (medals)
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Base of neck: NINI F; [Date] Illegible; [Transcription] ERIPUIT COELO FULMEN SCEPTRUMQUE TIRANNIS 1779; [Label] Paper label on back from sales catalogue
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plaster with paint
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7165
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EAN
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2205
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3097
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1
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photo
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2a70af6a959d5271
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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d7542aa49bdae26c
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no
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no