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Franklin & His Friends
Portraying the Man of Science in Eighteenth-Century America
by Brandon Brame Fortune ; Deborah Jean Warner
ISBN: 0812217012
ISBN-13: 9780812217018
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 9 x 11.25 inches
Weight: 1.6 pounds
Pages: 178
Publisher's Notes
Portraits, like the printed texts and manuscript documents more conventionally used by historians, can serve as historical evidence. They are central to our understanding of the social construction of personal identity -- of how people presented themselves in a social context. Franklin Et 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 colleagues, many of whom were his friends. Many of Franklin's countrymen, some well-known to us and others shrouded in obscurity, shared his delight in scientific knowledge and experiments, and, like Franklin, worked with artists to create portraits that clearly reveal their scientific interests. The authors examine the original context and reception of these portraits, and contend that they situate each subject within his local community as well as across cultural, economic, and geographical boundaries to fix him within the international community of science. The last section of the book highlights images of men of science created after the American Revolution, and explores the connections expressed in portraiture between science and the developing culture of the United States. This book will accompany an exhibitionof the same title at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., scheduled for 1999.
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Franklin and His Friends : Portraying the Man of Science in Eighteenth-Century America
Fortune, Brandon B.; Warner, Deborah J
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. 178 pages, well illustrated in black and white and colour. Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. bib. . ISBN: 0812217012. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/None. 11" x 8 3/8". FRANKLIN BENJAMIN 1706 1790 BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY HISTORICAL. ( more information) Offered by Trinder's Fine Tools (United Kingdom)
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University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. Brand new. <br>Author: FORTUNE, BRANDON BRAME WARNER, DEBORAH J.<br>Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS<br>Year Of Publication: 1999<br>Pages: 200<br>Publication Country: USA<br>Dimensions: 286 x 229<br>Format: paperback<br> ( more information) Offered by Thunder Books (United States)
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