Bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin seated on a bench – Vintage Wall Art
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Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin seated on a bench. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin seated on a bench
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Franklin never held the presidency, though this gallery files him under that heading, and this bronze shows him in a relaxed, seated pose on a bench rather than in the formal dress of a statesman. Sculptors often used the bench as a way to invite passersby to sit beside him, a deliberate choice that made a founder who had been a printer, postmaster, scientist, diplomat, and signer of the Declaration of Independence seem approachable. Bronze figures like this were common in American cities from the late 19th century onward, when communities raised monuments to their civic heroes.
| Original scan | 3,872 × 2,592 px · prints to 13 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3256445753_dd956c4504_o Benjamin Franklin hey tiffany! |
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![[Benjamin Franklin, statue, full length, seated, facing slightly left. Statue at Waterbury, Conn., 1921]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/63/631be0ed6859-400.webp)
