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Portrait male -- Franklin, Benjamin
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Writer
Occupation -- Science
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Sculpture
(Benjamin Franklin), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Benjamin Franklin), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Cogswell Historical Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed Before 1879.
Medium:
Bronze on stone base.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. H. 10 ft.; Base: approx. H. 25 ft.; approx. W. 118 in.
Inscription:
(Inscriptions gilded and carved into stone base) (On front facing west:) P. O. BOX WITH/ MEMENTOS/ FOR THE/ HISTORICAL/ SOCIETY/ IN 1979/ FROM H. D. C./ VICHY (On back facing east:)PRESENTED BY/ H. D. COGSWELL/ TO OUR/ BOYS and GIRLS/ WHO WILL SOON/ TAKE OUR PLACES/ AND PASS ON (On proper right facing north:) CONGRESS (On proper left facing south:) TIME CAPSULE/ 1979 - 2079 A.D./ DEDICATED TO/ THE CITIZENS OF/ SAN FRANCISCO (Carved on each side of stone border around base:) WELCOME
Subject:
Portrait male -- Franklin, Benjamin
Occupation -- Political -- Statesman
Occupation -- Political -- Diplomat
Occupation -- Writer
Occupation -- Science -- Inventor
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102
Located Washington Square, Between Powell, Filbert, Stockton, & Union Streets, San Francisco, California
Provenance:
Formerly located Market Square, San Francisco, California Before 1879, until 1904.
References:
Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, April 22, 1979, Section A, pg.9.
Reed, Merrill A., "Historical Statues and Monuments in California Lithographed in the U.S.A.," June 1956.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS
CA000016
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CA000016
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