Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
1798
1937.587
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Title
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Date
1777
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Description
Bas-relief portrait.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Eliza R. and Miss Mary M. Greenwood
Object Number
1942.605
Marks
inscriptions: around bust: "B. Franklin - American 1777"
inscribed: under shoulder: "Nini/F1777 (with coat of arms)"
sticker: on back: " Brought from France in 1806/by John Greenwood of New York;/procured through kindness of/M. Caritat, who kept the first cir-/culating library in New York Afterwards"
sticker: on back: " "Isacc J. Greenwood"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
