Portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin (Caffieri - AKM/HSP)
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Jean-Jacques Caffiéri, Guiseppe Ceracchi
; Overall H. 26 in.; H. of bust 20 in.; H. of plinth 6 in.
Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collection (Philadelphia, Pa.), X-178
The bust is white marble, and copies the Caffiéri original closely: long, thinning hair; high brow; pensive expression; loosely knotted scarf and softly-folding coat.
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