Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
1924
1952.45
Brown flesh tone painted plaster with wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Title
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Date
1818
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
diameter: 1 9/16 in.
Description
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing clothed bust of Franklin facing to the left; surrounding inscription: "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" Signed below bust "CAQU
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. James Hazen Hyde
Object Number
1947.317
Marks
Inscription: on verso: "NATUS/BOSTONIAE/IN AMERICA/FOEDERATA/AN. M.DCC.VI./OBIIT/AN.M.DCC.XC./SERIES NUMISMATICA/UNIVERSALIS VIROrUM ILLUSTRATUM/M.DCCC.XVIII./DURAND EDIDIT."
Inscription: on recto: "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
