Title: Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
Object type: Medallion
Date: 1769–80
Artist:  Wedgwood and Bentley 
Artist bio: British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1769–1780
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Black basalt
Dimensions: 2 1/16 × 1 3/4 in. (5.2 × 4.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit line: Museum Accession
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Benjamin Franklin, term: Profiles