Franklin and his friends
Subtitle: portraying the man of science in eighteenth-century America
By: Brandon Brame Fortune with Deborah J. Warner.
Contributors: Warner, Deborah Jean.
Publisher: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery; University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Exhibitions; Scientists -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Description: Franklin & His Friends takes a new cross-disciplinary look at early American science through the lens of portraiture. Portraits by such accomplished American painters as Gilbert Stuart, John Singleton Copley, and Charles Willson Peale tell a unique story through imagery that defines not only likeness but also constructs the identity of the subject as a member of the larger community of science.

Anchored by the figure - and portraits - of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), whose scientific reputation was universal within the Western republic of letters, this book also encompasses his scientific collegues, many of whom were his friends.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-174) and index.