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Stone Marker for the Statue of Benjamin Franklin.
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Creator
North, Robert.
Title
Stone Marker for the Statue of Benjamin Franklin.
Date
1792
Physical Description
22 x 69 x 5 inches.
Notes
Marker for the staute of Franklin (OBJ 596). Inscription: "This statue of Dr. Benjamin Franklin was presented by William Bingham, Esqr. MDCCXCII."
LCP Minutes vol. 3, April 11, 1792, p. 303: "...The following Inscription was agreed to, and the building Committee appointed to have it engraved on the Stone Tablet on which the Statue is placed:- `This Statue of/ Dr. Benjamin Franklin/ Was presented by/ William Bingham, Esqr./ MDCCXCII.'" Vol. 3, May 3, 1792, p. 306: "Orders were drawn on the Treasurer, as follows:-....In favor of Richard North for cutting and painting the letters under the Statue of Dr. Franklin, two Pounds, six shillings and eight pence."
Purchased by the Library Company, 1792.
Subject
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Genre
Sculpture.
Location
OBJ 597
Accession number
OBJ 597
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Art and Artifacts Collection
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