Benjamin Franklin
Unknown artist
Date: 1785
Medium: Enameled copper
Dimensions: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (8 x 6.4 cm)
Country: France
Culture: French
Themes: Benjamin Franklin, Men, Portraits
Gift of Gloria Manney, 2006
Date range
1785 – 1785
Largest dimension
6.4 cm
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