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Lettering is formed by reverse glass gold leaf gilding. The exact age of this window and the date of its removal are unknown; however, a 1923 photograph in the collections of the Athenaeum clearly shows the transom window in place over the front door. ]]>
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French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon was well known for portrait busts of public figures of the late 18th century. Houdon sculpted Benjamin Franklin’s likeness during Franklin’s tenure as American minister to France from 1776 to 1785. While only two marble versions of the bust are known to exist (one at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the other at the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Houdon also produced plaster versions such as this one in response to the public’s fascination with the popular American statesman.
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