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Statue of Benjamin Franklin
Smith, Knight & Tappan (American, active 1857–1860)
After: Hammatt Billings (American, 1816 to 1818–1874)
After: Hammatt Billings (American, 1816 to 1818–1874)
probably 1856
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Credit Line
Bequest of Abram Edmands Cutter
Accession Number01.8741
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionApparently a proof before letters of a print depicting the bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin that stands before Old CIty Hall, on School Street, in Boston. Other impressions of the print bear the inscription: Bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin, / inaugurated September 17, 1856 in Boston.
Signed
In plate, at lower right: Engd. by Smith, Knight, & Tappan
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower left: Drawn by H. Billings
In plate, at lower right: Engd. by Smith, Knight, & Tappan.
In plate, at lower right: Engd. by Smith, Knight, & Tappan.
ProvenanceBy 1900, Abram Edmands Cutter (b. 1822 - d. 1900), Brookline, MA; 1901, bequest of Abram Edmands Cutter to the MFA. (Date accessioned: October 1, 1901)