Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Franklin Institute Plaquette
Object Number:
1942.236
Date:
1938
Medium:
Steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 3/16 in. ( 6.9 x 4.8 x 0.4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, on bust truncation, at right: "AUG.C.FRANK PHILADELPHIA"
Description:
Steel electroplated plaquette with obverse showing bust of Benjamin Franklin facing left with scrolling banner above, bearing inscription: "1824/THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE/PHILADELPHIA/1938"; inscription in exergue: "IN HONOR OF/BENJAMIN FRANKLIN." Reverse contains inscription: "ELECTROPLATED/AT/The Franklin Institute/with/DUPONT/reg.u.s.pat.off./CHEMICALS/E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co.Inc./Electroplating Division/Wilmington Delaware." Circular hole punched at center of top.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Abram Joseph Abeloff
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
