Profile Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Patience Wright

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white photograph of a framed sculpture. The frame is rectangular with a grooved outer edge and a small spherical ornament at the top; the frame is dark-colored. The sculpture inside is a white bust of a man in profile, facing left; he has medium-length curly hair. The sculpture depicts the man's torso from the shoulders to the top of his chest; he wears a garment with folds and creases carved into it. The background behind the sculpture is plain and dark-colored. The frame hangs on a light-colored wall. The profile bust depicts Benjamin Franklin; the artist is Patience Wright.