1 medallion, Wedgwood, Benjamin Franklin

Item — Box: 1, Object: 7

Identifier: Item 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This gift was made by Mrs. J. Henry Porter of Atlanta, Georgia in 1955 . Through her friendship with Professors Edwin Grover and A. J. Hanna, Frances S. Porter decided to donated her collection of Frankliniana to the Rollins College Library in memory of her nephew Candler Campbell.

Dates

1954-12-12

Biographical / Historical

Original cast from well-known terra cotta medallion by Jean Baptiste Mini, manager of the terra cotta works of Le Ray de Chaumont, Franklin's host at Passy during his nine years' residence in Paris, Borghese.

Extent

From the Collection: 5 Linear Feet (Three boxes of Benjamin Franklin memorabilia items, mostly framed artworks, and 140 titles of books located in the Special Franklin Collection in the College Archives.)