Benjamin Franklin
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He remains highly visible today as the face on the $100 bill; this portrait was selected as the basis for that engraving in 1995."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Franklin represented colonial interests in England from 1757 to 1775. Upon his return, he was unanimously elected to represent Pennsylvania at the Second Continental Congress. Behind him was a lifetime of achievement as a printer, an unsurpassed author of wit and wisdom, an inventor, and a scientist. Ahead were his roles as a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a member of the Constitutional Convention. In between was his triumph as a diplomat in France (1776\u00e2\u0080\u009385), where this portrait was commissioned by Madame Brillon de Jouy. In a letter, she praised Franklin for his sound moral teaching and lively imagination but found his \u00e2\u0080\u009cdroll roguishness\u00e2\u0080\u009d most endearing."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Boston, Massachusetts"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "En su \u00c3\u00a9poca, Benjamin Franklin fue el estadounidense m\u00c3\u00a1s famoso del mundo. Hoy todav\u00c3\u00ada est\u00c3\u00a1 muy presente con su imagen en los billetes de $100, y fue este retrato el que se us\u00c3\u00b3 como base para ese grabado en 1995."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Franklin represent\u00c3\u00b3 los intereses de la colonia en Inglaterra entre 1757 y 1775. A su regreso fue elegido un\u00c3\u00a1nimemente para representar a Pensilvania en el Segundo Congreso Continental. Ten\u00c3\u00ada tras de s\u00c3\u00ad una vida de logros como impresor, autor de ingenio y sabidur\u00c3\u00ada sin par, inventor y cient\u00c3\u00adfico. M\u00c3\u00a1s tarde ser\u00c3\u00ada uno de los firmantes de la Declaraci\u00c3\u00b3n de Independencia y miembro de la Convenci\u00c3\u00b3n Constitucional. Mientras tanto, triunf\u00c3\u00b3 como diplom\u00c3\u00a1tico en Francia (1776\u00e2\u0080\u009385), donde Madame Brillon de Jouy encarg\u00c3\u00b3 este retrato. En una carta, ella elogi\u00c3\u00b3 a Franklin por sus sensatos consejos morales y su viva imaginaci\u00c3\u00b3n, si bien por otro lado habla encantada de su \u00e2\u0080\u009cgraciosa picard\u00c3\u00ada\u00e2\u0080\u009d."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Sitter; gift to Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt, Mme. Brillon de Jouy [1744-1824]. Her descendant Gilles de Carpentier, Toulouse; sold through (Meredith Frapier, Paris) to NPG 1987"}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation"}], "name": [{"label": "Artist", "content": "Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 22 Sep 1725 - 1 Apr 1802"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Home Furnishings\\Furniture\\Seating\\Chair"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Benjamin Franklin: Male"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Benjamin Franklin: Literature\\Writer"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\\Statesman\\Colonial Statesman"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\\Congressman\\Continental congressman"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\\Statesman\\Colonial Statesman\\Signer of Declaration"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\\Scientist"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\\Diplomat"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Benjamin Franklin: Society and Social Change\\Philanthropist"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\\Inventor"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Benjamin Franklin: Crafts and Trades\\Printer"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\\Government official\\Postmaster"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "place": [{"label": "Place", "content": "France\\\u00c3\u008ele-de-France\\Ville de Paris, D\u00c3\u00a9partment de\\Paris"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Oil on canvas"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Stretcher: 72.4 x 59.7 x 3.8cm (28 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 1 1/2\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Frame: 92.7 x 80 x 8.3cm (36 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 3 1/4\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Painting"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.87.43", "hash": "e05c2c39579e666326eb3bfa015a91b362a4dcdc", "docSignature": "4cc96dc8da6339ba46d11d5160fd3e87", "timestamp": 1666256170, "lastTimeUpdated": 1666256089, "title": "Benjamin Franklin"}