Benjamin Franklin

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English: Benjamin Franklin (1706?1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States .
Deutsch: Benjamin Franklin (1706?1790) war ein nordamerikanischer Politiker, Schriftsteller und Verleger, Naturwissenschaftler, Erfinder, Naturphilosoph und Freimaurer.
Gaeilge: Benjamin Franklin (1706?1790), ceann de na Bhunaitheoiri na Stait Aontaithe Mheircea.
Italiano: Benjamin Franklin (1706?1790) scienziato e uomo politico statunitense
Polski: Benjamin Franklin (1706?1790), uczony, filozof i polityk ameryka?ski.
Portugues: Benjamin Franklin (1706?1790) Jornalista, politico, cientista e inventor estadunidense.
Русский: Бенджамин Франклин (1706?1790)?учёный, журналист, издатель, дипломат, политический деятель, масон.

Genealogy

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Portraits

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  • First portrait by Robert Feke (1748)
    First portrait by Robert Feke (1748)
  • Painting by Benjamin Wilson (c. 1760)
    Painting by Benjamin Wilson (c. 1760)
  • Painting by Mason Chamberlin (1762)
    Painting by Mason Chamberlin (1762)
  • Painting by David Martin (1767)
    Painting by David Martin (1767)
  • Painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1777)
    Painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1777)
  • Painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1778)
    Painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1778)
  • Portrait of Franklin by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (ca. 1785)
    Portrait of Franklin by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (ca. 1785)
  • Benjamin Franklin by Charles Willson Peale (1785)
    Benjamin Franklin by Charles Willson Peale (1785)
  • Franklin in his fur cap
    Franklin in his fur cap
  • Benjamin Franklin in USCapitol by Constantino Brumidi (c. 1873)
    Benjamin Franklin in USCapitol by Constantino Brumidi (c. 1873)

On group pictures

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  • Treaty of Paris, unfinished painting by Benjamin West (1783)
    Treaty of Paris , unfinished painting by Benjamin West (1783)
  • The five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. Painting by John Trumbull (commissioned 1817)
    The five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. Painting by John Trumbull (commissioned 1817)
  • Franklin and the ladies of Paris
    Franklin and the ladies of Paris
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  • New England Courant, third Silence Dogood essay (detail)
    New England Courant , third Silence Dogood essay (detail)
  • Pennsylvania Gazette, May 9, 1754
    Pennsylvania Gazette , May 9, 1754
  • Poor Richard’s Almanack (1739)
    Poor Richard’s Almanack (1739)
  • Plain Truth (1747)
    Plain Truth (1747)
  • The Colonies Reduced, Cartoon which Franklin had made at the time of the Stamp Act
    The Colonies Reduced , Cartoon which Franklin had made at the time of the Stamp Act
  • Draft of Franklin's Autobiography
    Draft of Franklin's Autobiography
  • Declaration of Independence, draft with changes by Benjamin Franklin (detail)
    Declaration of Independence, draft with changes by Benjamin Franklin (detail)
  • Declaration of Independence (1776) with Franklin's signature
    Declaration of Independence (1776) with Franklin's signature
  • An Address to the Public (1789)
    An Address to the Public (1789)
  • Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks (1789)
    Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks (1789)
  • Franklin's Autograph (from Nordisk familjebok)
    Franklin's Autograph (from Nordisk familjebok)
  • Cover of the first English edition of 1793
    Cover of the first English edition of 1793
  • Title page of the original edition of the autobiography in French.
    Title page of the original edition of the autobiography in French.
  • Franklin's Journal de Paris
    Franklin's Journal de Paris
  • A nineteenth-century print based on Poor Richard's Almanack, showing the author surrounded by twenty-four illustrations of many of his best-known sayings
    A nineteenth-century print based on Poor Richard's Almanack, showing the author surrounded by twenty-four illustrations of many of his best-known sayings
  • New-England Courant first issue (1721)
    New-England Courant first issue (1721)

Franklin as a scientist and inventor

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  • Franklin's Pennsylvania Fireplace (1744)
    Franklin's Pennsylvania Fireplace (1744)
  • Franklin's Leyden jar experiment (1754)
    Franklin's Leyden jar experiment (1754)
  • Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, history painting by Benjamin West (ca. 1816)
    Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky , history painting by Benjamin West (ca. 1816)
  • Franklin's kite experiment. 19th century engraving by Le Roy C. Cooley.
    Franklin's kite experiment. 19th century engraving by Le Roy C. Cooley.
  • Franklin's sentry-box experiment. Drawing reproduced from the "Bowdoin MS", which consists of a manuscript copy of all of Franklin's earliest papers on electricity.
    Franklin's sentry-box experiment. Drawing reproduced from the "Bowdoin MS", which consists of a manuscript copy of all of Franklin's earliest papers on electricity.
  • Glassharmonica
    Glassharmonica
  • Benjamin Franklin's glass harmonica in an Italian publication
    Benjamin Franklin's glass harmonica in an Italian publication
  • Franklin's blueprint for Franklin Stove
    Franklin's blueprint for Franklin Stove
  • Franklin stove
    Franklin stove

Sculptures and plaques

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  • Marble bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1778)
    Marble bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1778)
  • Medaillon by Giovanni Battista Nini (1779)
    Medaillon by Giovanni Battista Nini (1779)
  • Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Keys To Community (2007), a 9-foot bronze bust by James Peniston in Philadelphia
    Keys To Community (2007), a 9-foot bronze bust by James Peniston in Philadelphia
  • Sculpture by John J. Boyle at the University of Pennsylvania
    Sculpture by John J. Boyle at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Statue created by sculptor Herman Powers standing in the atrium of Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans, Louisiana)
    Statue created by sculptor Herman Powers standing in the atrium of Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans, Louisiana)
  • Plaque commemorating Benjamin Franklin and Electricity on Saint Stephen's Church, Philadelphia
    Plaque commemorating Benjamin Franklin and Electricity on Saint Stephen's Church, Philadelphia
  • Frankin's plaque in France
    Frankin's plaque in France
  • Plaque in Kongresshalle in Berlin-Tiergarten
    Plaque in Kongresshalle in Berlin-Tiergarten
  • Pennsylvania Gazette
    Pennsylvania Gazette
  • Franklin bust in the Archives Department of Columbia University in New York City
    Franklin bust in the Archives Department of Columbia University in New York City

On Currency and Stamps

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  • Dollar Coin in 2006
    Dollar Coin in 2006
  • Dollar coin in 2006
    Dollar coin in 2006
  • Half Dollar in 1949
    Half Dollar in 1949
  • 100 Dollar bill
    100 Dollar bill
  • US 5c stamp of 1847
    US 5c stamp of 1847
  • US 1c stamped envelope overprinted for Cuba, 1899
    US 1c stamped envelope overprinted for Cuba, 1899
  • Benjamin Franklin
    Benjamin Franklin

Depictions

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  • Benjamin Franklin (center) at work on a printing press. Reproduction of a Charles Mills painting by the Detroit Publishing Company.
    Benjamin Franklin (center) at work on a printing press. Reproduction of a Charles Mills painting by the Detroit Publishing Company.
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