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[Benjamin Franklin, statue, full length, seated, facing slightly left. Statue at Waterbury, Conn., 1921] – Antique Print

[Benjamin Franklin, statue, full length, seated, facing slightly left. Statue at Waterbury, Conn., 1921] — historic photograph
[Benjamin Franklin, statue, full length, seated, facing slightly left. Statue at Waterbury, Conn., 1921]. Historic photograph from the Presidents collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Benjamin Franklin, statue, full length, seated, facing slightly left. Statue at Waterbury, Conn., 1921]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Benjamin Franklin, statue, full length, seated, facing slightly left. Statue at Waterbury, Conn., 1921]

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Seated rather than standing, this Franklin in Waterbury, Connecticut, sets the picture apart from the many standing statues of the statesman. Paul Wayland Bartlett, the sculptor credited in the record, was a well-known American sculptor who worked often in Paris, and this figure faces slightly left, giving the view a three-quarter angle. Waterbury, long a center of brass and metalworking, was a fitting place for a memorial to a printer and inventor. The date is given only with a question mark, so the 1921 year should be treated as approximate.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[1921?]
SubjectsPhoto of statue by Paul Wayland Bartlett. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Connecticut--Waterbury; Sculpture--Bartlett; PI--Sculpture; Shelf. Sources checked on verso of card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,221 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-130428

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