Statue of Benjamin Franklin. A statue of Benjamin Franklin by Richard Saltonstall Greenough is installed outside Old City Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
It rests on a base with plaques designed by Greenough and Thomas Ball. The statue rests on a marble and granite base.
The base features four plaques: the front and back plaques were designed by Greenough, and the other two were designed by Thomas Ball. The bronze sculpture was modeled in 1855, and dedicated on September 17, 1856.
It cost $20,000 and was erected as Boston's first portrait statue to commemorate the sesquicentennial of Franklin's birth. The statue was originally installed in front of Bullfinch's Court House, before being relocated to City Hall.
The work was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program in 1993.
It rests on a base with plaques designed by Greenough and Thomas Ball. The statue rests on a marble and granite base.
The base features four plaques: the front and back plaques were designed by Greenough, and the other two were designed by Thomas Ball. The bronze sculpture was modeled in 1855, and dedicated on September 17, 1856.
It cost $20,000 and was erected as Boston's first portrait statue to commemorate the sesquicentennial of Franklin's birth. The statue was originally installed in front of Bullfinch's Court House, before being relocated to City Hall.
The work was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program in 1993.
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