Selected art related letters from the Benjamin Franklin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
label: Names
content: Caffieri, Jean-Jacques, 1725-1792
label: Names
content: Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
label: Names
content: Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828
label: Names
content: Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796
label: Names
content: Syng, Philip, 1703-1789
label: Names
content: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843
label: Names
content: West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
label: Names
content: Wright, Patience Lovell, 1725-1786
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming by the American Philosophical Society, 1955.
creator: label: Creator
content: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1766-1789
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.franbenj
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel P37 (fr. 506-543) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the American Philosophical Society
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters to Benjamin Franklin from artists or about art related subjects, including busts, engravings, and portraits of Franklin. Among the correspondents are: Jacob W. Duche, William Temple Franklin, Jean Antonine Houdon, John Jay, Samuel Jennings, Thomas Potts, David Rittenhouse, Philip Syng, John Trumbull, Benjamin West, and Patience Wright. Also included are letters to William Temple Franklin from Jean Jacques Caffieri, Jean Antonine Houdon, and Joseph Wright.