Benjamin Franklin
- Artist
- Hiram Powers, American, 1805–1873
- Depicted
- Benjamin Franklin, American, 1706–1790
- Date
- 1851–73
- Material
- Marble
- Classification
- Sculpture, stone & mineral
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 18 x 12 1/2 x 10 in. (45.7 x 31.8 x 25.4 cm)
weight: 48.2 lb. (21.9 kg) - Credit Line
- Gift of Judge and Mrs. Orville Richardson in memory of his parents, Minnie Willcott and Frederick Henry Richardson
- Rights
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- Object Number
- 157:1973
NOTES
Hiram Powers was an American sculptor who began his professional career by making likenesses of important political figures. Among his most popular subjects was Benjamin Franklin, whose likeness Powers first carved as early as 1844. Like many of America's young sculptors at the time, Powers modeled his work after Franklin's authoritative sculpture made by the French sculptor Jean-Antonine Houdon.