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PROPERTY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PEPPER, JR. AND HOLLY (PEPPER) WHITE, DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A TERRACOTTA PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE NINI (ITALIAN, 1717-1786), CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE, FRANCE, DATED 1777
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A TERRACOTTA PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE NINI (ITALIAN, 1717-1786), CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE, FRANCE, DATED 1777
signed and dated NINI / F 1777 (under shoulder), dated 1777 (lower right)
4 ½ in. diameter
Executed in 1777
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE NINI (ITALIAN, 1717-1786), CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE, FRANCE, DATED 1777
signed and dated NINI / F 1777 (under shoulder), dated 1777 (lower right)
4 ½ in. diameter
Executed in 1777
Provenance
Cuningham (Cunningham) Drake (1835-1901), Philadelphia (per label on the reverse)
Probably acquired by Benjamin Franklin Pepper (1879-1918), Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, great-great-great grandson of Benjamin Franklin
Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Pepper, née Rebecca Thomson Willing (1882-1955), Ballygarth, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, wife
B. Franklin Pepper (1930-2011), Alexandria, Virginia, grandson
Benjamin Franklin Pepper, Jr. and Holly (Pepper) White, children and current owners
Probably acquired by Benjamin Franklin Pepper (1879-1918), Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, great-great-great grandson of Benjamin Franklin
Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Pepper, née Rebecca Thomson Willing (1882-1955), Ballygarth, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, wife
B. Franklin Pepper (1930-2011), Alexandria, Virginia, grandson
Benjamin Franklin Pepper, Jr. and Holly (Pepper) White, children and current owners
Brought to you by
Julia Jones
Associate Specialist
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