Artist
Jean Baptiste WeylerFrench, 1747–1791
DepictedDepiction of
Benjamin Franklin American, 1706–1790
CultureFrench
Titles
- Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Datec. 1790
MediumEnamel on metal, with gilt wood frame
DimensionsAt opening: 3 1/2 × 2 5/8 in. (8.9 × 6.7 cm)
Frame: 7 1/8 × 6 1/4 × 2 in. (18.1 × 15.9 × 5.1 cm)
Frame: 7 1/8 × 6 1/4 × 2 in. (18.1 × 15.9 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cecily E. Horton
Object number2022.185
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
106 Cameron Gallery
On view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Exhibition Historynone
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: (Inscribed on backing paper) Epitaphe de Benjamin Franklin. Le corps de Benjamin Franklin imprimeur, come la couverture d'un vieux livre dont les feuilles sont arrachées et la dorure et le titre éffacée git ici est la patûre des vers. Cependant l'ouvrage même ne sera pas perdu car il doit comme il le croyant reparaitre encore une fois dans une nouvelle et plus belle édition revue et corrigée par l'Auteur.
trans: Epitaph of Benjamin Franklin. Printer; like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost; For it will, as he believ'd, appear once more, In a new & more perfect Edition, Corrected and amended By the Author.
Verso: Inscribed on label backing paper, bottom right corner: EI537
String tag: 251 / 15.5.90
String tag: 9K94Y pcs 1 2019/07/04 EBRW L19323 LOT 109 / 109 Sotheby's
trans: Epitaph of Benjamin Franklin. Printer; like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost; For it will, as he believ'd, appear once more, In a new & more perfect Edition, Corrected and amended By the Author.
Verso: Inscribed on label backing paper, bottom right corner: EI537
String tag: 251 / 15.5.90
String tag: 9K94Y pcs 1 2019/07/04 EBRW L19323 LOT 109 / 109 Sotheby's
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A
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