Small portrait of Benjamin Franklin (unknown German artist), 18th-19th century
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  Photo courtesy of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania |
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Gottingen?, Germany
Oil on glass; H. 9 in. (22.9 cm), W. 6.37 in. (16.2 cm) Collection of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pa.), M667 
Images of Franklin have continued to be created since his lifetime, and have been valued both as artifacts and as icons. This reverse painting on glass could have been done at any time from Franklin's lifetime through the first half of the 19th century.
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