Artist/Maker
Jean-Baptiste Nini
(1717 - 1786)
Depicted
Benjamin Franklin
(American, 1706 – 1790)
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
1777
Terracotta
Overall: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Gift of Eliza R. Greenwood and Mary M. Greenwood
1942.605
DescriptionBas-relief portrait.MarkingsStickers on back: "Brought from France in 1806 / by John Greenwood of New York; / procured through kindness of / M. Caritat, who kept the first cir- / culating library in New York Afterwards"; "Isacc J. Greenwood"
InscribedInscriptions around bust: "B. Franklin - American 1777"; under shoulder: "Nini / F1777 (with coat of arms)"
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
