Portrait Medallion of Benjamin Franklin, 1777, terracotta, by Jean Baptiste Nini, Italian, 1717–1786. In a letter to his daughter on June 3, 1779, Benjamin Franklin wrote about the wide dissemination ...

‘We must, indeed, all hang together,” declared Benjamin Franklin, “or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” His punning statement encapsulated a situation in which Britain’s 13 ...

LOS ANGELES – Even Michael Douglas had doubts about portraying Benjamin Franklin in the Oscar-winning actor's first period drama. Douglas, 79, who famously proclaimed "Greed is Good" in his ...

Benjamin Franklin is shown in a circa-1785 portrait by Joseph Siffred Duplessis. (Credit: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution/Courtesy PBS) ...

LOS ANGELES — A Norman Rockwell painting of Benjamin Franklin owned by Debbie Reynolds will be among the items offered at an auction of the actress’ possessions in October.

Several works depicting the brilliant writer, inventor, politician, patriot, and statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), who has been the subject of hundreds of portraits, will go on view at The ...

Historical Notes on Original Portraits of Benjamin Franklin. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form ...

President Trump’s redecorated Oval Office includes a portrait of Benjamin Franklin and a fresh Andrew Jackson painting, part of an Inauguration Day overhaul of the most exclusive office space in ...

Freeman's Auction House in will be selling terracotta medallions sculpted with portraits of Benjamin Franklin as part of an auction on April 27. At least one of the medallions is expected to sell ...

Ken Burns' Benjamin Franklin documentary paints the portrait of a brilliant man of contradictions. Its shows how to teach 'divisive' concepts.