M0014712: Statue of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Date:: June 1956

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/131/51

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0014662-M0014762WT/D/1/20/1/131
        M0014712: Statue of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)WT/D/1/20/1/131/51

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Statue of Benjamin Franklin.

Description

Photograph of the large statue of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American polymath at the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The photograph was made by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum from a lantern side belonging to Sir Zachery Cope.

Publication/Creation

June 1956

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Where to find it

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