Franklin and his friends
portraying the man of science in eighteenth-century America
by Brandon Brame Fortune
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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.
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History, Exhibitions, Scientists, Franklin, benjamin, 1706-1790Places
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Franklin and his friends: portraying the man of science in eighteenth-century America
1999, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, University of Pennsylvania Press
in English
0812217012 9780812217018
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-174) and index.
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