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Archives of American Art
Selected art related letters from the Benjamin Franklin papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.franbenj
- Creators:
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Dates:
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1766-1789
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Itempartial microfilm reel
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Letters to Benjamin Franklin from artists or about art related subjects, including busts, engravings, and portraits of Franklin. Among the correspondents are: Jacob W. Duche, William Temple Franklin, Jean Antonine Houdon, John Jay, Samuel Jennings, Thomas Potts, David Rittenhouse, Philip Syng, John Trumbull, Benjamin West, and Patience Wright. Also included are letters to William Temple Franklin from Jean Jacques Caffieri, Jean Antonine Houdon, and Joseph Wright.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel P37 (fr. 506-543) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in the American Philosophical Society
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming by the American Philosophical Society, 1955.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Art, American | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Artists -- United States | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Caffieri, Jean-Jacques, 1725-1792 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Syng, Philip, 1703-1789 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Wright, Patience Lovell, 1725-1786 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
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