Portrait Plaque of Benjamin Franklin

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Portrait Plaque of Benjamin Franklin
Datec. 1800–1825
Probable placeFrance
MediumPorcelain (biscuit)
Dimensions9 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.58.121
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Provenance[Louis Lyons, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, October 1, 1958; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
On back, painted in blue: An added non-authentic Sèvres mark

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