Object details
Accession number
P17e28
Creators
Full title
Benjamin Franklin
Creation Date
late 18th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Dimensions
30 x 24 cm (11 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Display Media
Watercolor on paper
Web Commentary
When the United States observed the centennial of its founding in 1876, many Americans collected images of the “founding fathers” including Benjamin Franklin. Isabella was no exception, and she displayed this watercolor in the Short Gallery along side a portrait of Franklin’s friend, George Washington.
Permanent Gallery Location
Short Gallery
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 127. (as Benjamin Franklin by an unknown artist, probably late 18th century American or French)
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