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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1625
People
Augustin Dupré, French (Saint-Etienne, France 1748 - 1833 Paris, France)
Title
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
1784
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229652

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze, with gold patina
Dimensions
4.7 cm diam. (1 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in relief, in exergue: DUPRE F.
  • inscription: around edge, cast in: [above head:] BENJ. FRANKLIN NATUS BOSTON XVII JAN. [below head:] MDCCVI
  • inscription: reverse, cast in, signed: [around edge:] ERIPUIT COELO FULMEN SCEPTRUM QUE TYRANNIS; [in exergue:] SCULPSIT ET DICAVIT / AUG. DUPRE ANNO / MDCCLXXXIV

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1625
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Franklin in left profile; reverse: standing winged figure with temple, lightning bolt (Genius of Liberty).

Publication History

  • Washington, Lafayette, Franklin: Portraits, Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Memorabilia, for the Most Part from the Collections of the University, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), pp. 28-29, cat. 59
  • Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), no. 81

Exhibition History

  • Washington Lafayette Franklin, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1944 - 05/28/1944
  • Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975

Verification Level

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