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21 Aug 2018 Sculpture

Send lawyers, guns and money – Houdon’s Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Images and text are best viewed on a wide screen. ¤ There’s something special about marble. Ever since the invention of

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Meighan Maley is a Guide at The Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Richard Di Via retired from teaching in 2017 where he taught Eastern & Western Philosophy and the Humanities of European Medieval & Renaissance Culture. He is currently on a leave of absence from the Philadelphia Museum of Art and living in Mexico.

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