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The Callers
By Philip Campbell Curtis
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, Salt Lake City, 1972; plus 15 other solo shows.
Member: Benjamin Franklin fellowship Royal Soc. Arts
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Poor Richard - Head, North Sore, Salton Sea, California - Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
sad state of his broken off head. Poor Richard refers to the Almanack published by Benjamin Franklin
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Benjamin Ben Franklin by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 32 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Benjamin Ben Franklin by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 32 pieces. This set includes
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Poor Richard Head, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard refers to the Almanack published by Benjamin Franklin in between 1732-1758, which was popular for
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
American Lightning Rod
Located in Hanover, MA
Yet another legacy from Benjamin Franklin, this is an early example of an American twist-rod on
Category
Antique 19th Century American Scientific Instruments
$1,250
1950s Solid Cast Brass American Federal Eagle Door Knocker
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, played a
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Doors and Gates
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pop Art Painting, Modern Mixed Media Artwork - ANTIFRAGILE - 16x20in (40*50cm)
Located in Zofingen, AG
imagery and modern expression, featuring a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. The founding father is depicted
Category
2010s Pop Art Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Autograph Letter by Glenway Wescott - 1933
By Glenway Wescott
Located in Roma, IT
. Roosevelt's administration. He also published studies concerning Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.
Faÿ
Category
1930s Modern More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
1938 Historic and Scenic Reaches of the Nations Capital Map
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, Cecil Calvert, Washington DC, Poe, Delaware, Benjamin Franklin, and Arlington. At bottom, from left to
Category
Vintage 1930s Maps
Original Vintage Pictorial Travel Poster Children
s Map Of London Fairytales Art
Located in London, GB
Noyes and Benjamin Franklin in scrolls with royal guards marching and a horse drawn carriage above with
Category
Vintage 1950s British Posters
Materials
Paper
Anne Packard (American, Born 1933) Giclee on Canvas “Two Sails”
Located in Atlanta, GA
Skylark Press)
“Anne Packard” Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award by Charles Fields: (Pub. 2005; Fields
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Set of Six Derby Sprig Decorated Soup Bowls
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
of the 18th century and the first quarter of the 19th century. Both Marie Antoinette and Benjamin
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Organic Scandinavian Rocking Armchair Solid Ash Wood Steel
Natural Rattan 1999
By Benjamin Franklin, IKEA
Located in Miami, FL
Scandinavian Modern rocking armchair made out of solid ash, steel frame and natural rattan weaving.
This rocking chair is a lightweight rocker made from handwoven rattan and ash colo...
Category
1990s Swedish Organic Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Steel
"Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776" by W. L. Ormsby, Antique Print, 1876
By John Trumbull
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston, Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin - are all depicted to the right of
Category
Antique 1870s American Prints
Materials
Paper
Spanish Galleon (nautical seascape ship painting)
By Charles E. Mills
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
in Trinity Church. His bibliographical murals of Benjamin Franklin in the Franklin Institute are
Category
1920s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Declaration of Independence Oil on Canvas by Horace Carpenter, John Trumbull
By John Trumbull
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
draft, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston, Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, are all
Category
Early 20th Century North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The Sweeper - Original Ink Drawing and Watercolor by J.J. Grandville
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
collection: Scènes de la vie publique et privée des animaux, with texts by Honoré de Balzac, Benjamin
Category
1840s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay Map, Antique Maritime Map, circa 1851
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
most accurate coastal surveys published to date.
A. D. Bache, a great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin
Category
Antique 1850s American Maps
Materials
Paper
The Physician - Original Ink Drawing and Watercolor by J.J. Grandville
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
, with texts by Honoré de Balzac, Benjamin Franklin, Jules Janin, Alfred de Musset, Charles Nodier
Category
1840s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Gendarme - Original Ink Drawing and Watercolor by J.J. Grandville
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
, with texts by Honoré de Balzac, Benjamin Franklin, Jules Janin, Alfred de Musset, Charles Nodier
Category
1840s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Infantryman - Original Ink Drawing and Watercolor by J.J. Grandville
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
, with texts by Honoré de Balzac, Benjamin Franklin, Jules Janin, Alfred de Musset, Charles Nodier
Category
1840s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Aristocrat - Original Ink Drawing and Watercolor by J.J. Grandville
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
collection: Scènes de la vie publique et privée des animaux, with texts by Honoré de Balzac, Benjamin
Category
1840s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Portrait of Harriet Conel Herter" Albert Herter, Female Portrait, Wedding Dress
Located in New York, NY
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin.
Herter executed murals for buildings such as
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rabbi, Judaica Portrait
By Robert Philipp
Located in Surfside, FL
, Benjamin Franklin Fellow, Royal Society of Arts in London. He was married to model and fellow artist
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Michigan Avenue Bridge — American Modernism
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, 1933-34) that it supported him throughout the Depression. He followed it with 'Benjamin Franklin: A
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Merchandise Mart — American Modernism
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Benjamin Franklin: A Biography in Woodcuts', accompanied by text written by his wife, Florence Turzak. His
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Portrait of a Young Man
— 1960s American Impressionism
By Robert Philipp
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Secretary of the National Academy of Design, a National Academician, and a Benjamin Franklin Fellow at the
Category
1940s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Josephine Baker
By Stanley Kimley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
business. At Benjamin Franklin High School, his music talent led him to found a band called the “Blue Notes
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
8 Mid Century Windsor Farmhouse Walnut Bow Sack Back Dining Arm
Side Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
, and Benjamin Franklin all owned them - and partly because the chairs were easy to manufacture. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Federal Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Walnut
after Roy Lichtenstein - Triptych Lithograph - As I Opened Fire
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School in New York City, he entered Ohio State University. However, in
Category
Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Whaam! - Complete Diptych
By (after) Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Reginald Marsh (1898–1954) at the Art Students League in 1939. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High
Category
1960s Pop Art More Prints
Materials
Offset
As I Opened Fire Poster - complete triptych
By (after) Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School in New York City, he entered Ohio State University. However, in
Category
1960s Pop Art More Prints
Materials
Offset
"Auteuil, Paris" Original Oil on Canvas Board by Johannes Schiefer, Framed
By Johannes Schiefer
Located in Encino, CA
), and Benjamin Franklin, who was a very popular personality in French society. The Bonaparte family also
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Historic Antique Civil War Walking Stick Cane of General Joe Hooker
Located in Dayton, OH
(including John Hancock[1] and Benjamin Franklin[2]) as well as enemies (who accused him of piracy), and his
Category
Antique 19th Century American Classical Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Hardwood
13 Hand-Sewn Stars in a 3-2-3-2-3 Pattern on an Antique American Flag
Located in York County, PA
Benjamin Franklin Tracy. Born on April 5th, 1830, near Oswego, New York, served as district attorney of
Category
Antique 1860s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
1 Volume. Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography. Bound in 3/4 brown calf and marbled boards. The raised
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Benjamin Franklin, The Life
Essays of Dr. Franklin.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Benjamin Franklin, The Life & Essays of Dr. Franklin. Bound in full tan calf with a red
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Books
Materials
Leather
10 Volumes. Jared Sparks, The Works of Benjamin Franklin
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. Jared Sparks, The Works of Benjamin Franklin, with notes and a life of the author
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
3 Volumes. Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the Life and Writings.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the Life and Writings. First Edition. Written by himself
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Books
Materials
Leather
Versailles: From Louis XIV to Jeff Koons
By Assouline Publishing
Located in NEW YORK, NY
diplomatic summits, scientific advancements, and renowned visitors over the centuries, from Mozart, Benjamin
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Other
$895 / item
Benjamin Franklin, The Works
Located in New York, NY
, facsimile signature of Franklin on Front covers.
Published: New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons 1904. Handsome
Category
Antique Early 1900s Books
Materials
Leather
Benjamin Franklin, Complete Works
Located in New York, NY
3 volumes
In philosophy, politics and morals with memoirs
Of his early life written by himself. Bound in full tan calf, spines neatly repacked, gilt spines, Labels. Illustrated w...
Category
Antique Early 1800s Books
Materials
Leather
Versailles from Louis XIV to Jeff Koons
Special Edition
Book
By Assouline Publishing
Located in NEW YORK, NY
diplomatic summits, scientific advancements, and renowned visitors over the centuries, from Mozart, Benjamin
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Other
Versailles From Louis XIV to Jeff Koons (Special Edition)
By Assouline Publishing
Located in NEW YORK, NY
diplomatic summits, scientific advancements, and renowned visitors over the centuries, from Mozart, Benjamin
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Other
Rare 19th Century Bronze Statue of Benjamin Franklin
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
A rare 19th century bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin; stood in all of his finery holding a paper
Category
Antique 1880s European Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bust of Benjamin Franklin
Located in Hudson, NY
Bust of Benjamin Frankllin in a composite material
Category
Antique 19th Century American Sculptures
Large Bronze Bust of Benjamin Franklin by John J. Boyle
By John J. Boyle
Located in Minneapolis, MN
One of two known bronze bust sculptures of Benjamin Franklin by noted American artist John J. Boyle
Category
Antique 19th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bust of Benjamin Franklin
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Plaster full bodied cast bust of the great patriot, scientist,
printer, publisher, ambassador, thinker, etc....
printer, publisher, ambassador, thinker, etc....
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Paint
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin After Joseph Duplessis (1725-1802)
Located in Gallatin, TN
morceau de reception that gained him admittance to the Académie.
His portrait of Benjamin Franklin (circa
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Handsome 19th century Bronze Statue of Benjamin Franklin
Located in New York, NY
Bronze standing figure of Ben Franklin
Mounted on turned wooden base.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Terra Cotta Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Nini, circa 1777
By Jean-Baptiste Nini 1
Located in London, GB
portraits of Louis XV, Catherine II of Russia, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin to mention but a few. Nini is
Category
Antique 1770s French Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Terracotta
French Revolution Centential " Bachelor
s" Cabinet
Located in Hudson, NY
Depicts Busts of Figures from French and American Revolution. Lady Libery, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin
Category
Antique 19th Century French Cabinets
Monumental European Figural Mural on Board
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Painting on masonite. Images of both Joan of Arc and possibly Benjamin Franklin. One of two
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Pic raye de Cayenne
Spot-Breasted Woodpecker,
circa 1778
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Houston, TX
, Benjamin Franklin and Georges Louis Leclerc (Le Comete de Buffon), his engravings helped develop the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Prints
Exceptional Hand-Carved English Limestone Turkey
Located in Woodbury, CT
and one that will not last long. Benjamin Franklin advocated for the turkey to become the national
Category
20th Century English Statues
Materials
Limestone
Gros-bec de Virginie appellé Cardinal Hupé
Northern Cardinal,
circa 1786
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Houston, TX
in 18th century France such as Denis Diderot, Benjamin Franklin and Georges Louis Leclerc (Le Comete
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Prints
Martin-pêcheur, de Java or Stork-Billed Kingfisher, circa 1786
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Houston, TX
Diderot, Benjamin Franklin and Georges Louis Leclerc (Le Comete de Buffon), his engravings helped develop
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Prints
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