Portrait medallion of Benjamin Franklin (Wedgwood - Gosset), probably after 1774
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Example of the type. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. Photo by Peter Harholdt
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England
William Hackwood, James Tassie, Josiah Wedgwood
White on black jasper; H. 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm), W. 1 3/8 in. (3.3 cm)
American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia, Pa.), 58.S.55
The ceramic relief portrait profile is modeled on the wax relief profile by Isaac Gosset.
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