Artist: Houdon, Jean-Antoine, sculptor - French artist, 1741-1828; Date(s): 1860 - 1902; Classification(s): sculpture, bust, electrotyping, bronze electrotype; Acquisition: given by Coles, Jonathan Akerman, 1902, Given by Jonathan Akerman Coles [M.2-1902]
Description: Bronze electrotype. Inscribed on the back: 'Benjamin Franklin/by/Jean Antoine Houdon, 1778/For/Cambridge University. England/A gift from Jonathan Ackerman Coles, A.B. A.M. D.D./an alumnus of/Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.'.
