Medal: Commemorating Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Medal: Commemorating Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Artist
Augustin Dupré
(French, 1748-1833)
Dateabout 1890-1907
Dimensions1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Mediumgilded bronze
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus
Object number
1907.42
Not on View
DescriptionObverse: Benjamin in profile, to left.
Reverse: Winged figure.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Commemorative Medals, in observance of Human Rights Week, Dec. 10-17, 1963.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Thieme-Becker, X, pp. 171-172.
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