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Cast bronze bust of Benjamin Franklin shown in a bust-length. frontal view. Franklin wears a cravat and a buttoned vest but no glasses. Bust sits on a stone base in the form of the base of a column.
busts (figures)
bronze (metal)
casting (process)
Bronze
Slip Cast
Bust
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
19.5 x 11.25 x 8.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.1608
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