Collection Highlights
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Figurine: Benjamin Franklin
Object Number:
1924.60
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/2 x 7 x 4 1/4 in. ( 39.4 x 17.8 x 10.8 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: on base in gold cursive lettering: "Washington"
Description:
Full length porcelain portrait of Benjamin Franklin with scroll in right hand and tricorn hat in left; white with gold pencilling, black shoes, grey hair, polychrome face; oval base with rock mound; erroneously inscribed "Washington".
Gallery Label:
The figurine is erroneously inscribed as "Washington".
Credit Line:
Bequest of Charles Allen Munn
Provenance:
The Collection of Charles Allen Munn
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
