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Benjamin Franklin

Boston 1706 - Philadelphia 1790
one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America
(Wikipedia)

John Boyle & Frédéric Brou
1906

Description

Bronze statue of Franklin sitting in a chair. It is a copy of the statue in Philadelphia (1896-99). On the pedestal two reliefs by Frédéric Brou show::

reception de franklin / a la cour — 1778 (Franklin being presented to the Court of Louis XVI at Versailles).
signature du traité / de paris 1783 (The signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783).

Inscription(s)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
1706-1790

ce genie qui affranchit
l'amerique et versa sur
l'europe des torrents de
lumierei le sage que
deux mondes reclament

(Mirabeau 11 juin 1790)

offert
a la
ville de paris
par
john h. harjes
1906

Sculptors

John J. Boyle (New York 1851 - New York 1917), American sculptor (Wikipedia).
Frédéric Jean Brou (1862-1925), French sculptor

Locatie (N 48°51'42" - E 2°17'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frif017; Photograph: 25 May 2011
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