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Watch with Benjamin Franklin
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The image of Franklin reading beside a bust of Isaac Newton is based on a portrait painted in London in 1766-1767 by David Martin (English, 1737-1798). Breguet et fils was a firm founded in Paris in 1775 by Abraham Breguet, an immigrant from Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
| Artist / Maker | Abraham-Louis Breguet / David Martin |
|---|---|
| Date | circa 1830date QS:P571,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q572790 |
| Culture / Origin | Pocket watches |
| Dimensions | 1419×1799 px (digital) |
| Department | watches |
| Type | Manuscript painting |
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Provenance & Source
Image & data: Wikimedia Commons · Licence: Public domain.
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