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Watch with Benjamin Franklin
(18th and 19th Centuries )
On the back of this case is an enamel plaque showing Franklin seated at a table on which stands a bust of Isaac Newton. This image is taken from a portrait painted in London in 1766/7 by David Marton (1737-98),
Breguet et Fils, the most illustrious firm in the history of eighteenth-century French horology, produced the watch movement. Abraham-Louis Breguet, a watchmaker from Neuchatel, founded the house at Quai d'Horloge about 1775 and was joined by his son Louis Antoine in 1807.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall H: 2 15/16 × W: 2 3/16 × D: 1 1/16 in. (7.4 × 5.6 × 2.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
58.147