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Bust of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
Houdon, Jean-Antoine
(Sculptor)
Barbedienne, F.
(Founder)
Bronze electrotype. Inscribed on the back: 'Benjamin Franklin/by/Jean Antoine Houdon, 1778/For/Cambridge University, England/A gift from/Jonathan Ackerman Coles, A.B., A.M., M.D./an alumnus of/Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.'
History note: Given by Jonathan Ackerman Coles to the University in or before 1902.See letter in file for object, of 7th June, 1902, addressed to M.R. James from A.W. C , stating that the bust had been presented to the University. (The original is in the Museum Archives, 062648).
Given by Jonathan Akerman Coles
Depth: 24 cm
Height: 56.3 cm
Width: 36.3 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1902)
by
Coles, Jonathan Ackerman
Late 19th-early 20th Century
1860
CE
-
1902
1902
CE
Electrotyping : Bronze electrotype
Accession number: M.2-1902
Primary reference Number: 12180
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2_1902
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Bust"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/12180 Accessed: 2021-12-06 17:43:03
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Accession Number: MAR.C.20-1912
Accession Number: P.370-1947
Accession Number: CM.90-1965
Accession Number: P.8606-R
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