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Bust

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-18503

Description

Plaster bust of Ben Franklin dressed in a coat and vest w/ 4 buttons. Franklin is depicted w/ shoulder length hair and is looking down off to his right.

Details

Descriptive Terms

busts (figures)
molding (forming)
plaster
Plaster
Molded
BUST

Associated Person

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

26 x 19 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.526

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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