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Breguet et fils (French) (Workshop)
Abraham-Louis Breguet (Swiss, 1747-1823) (Workmaster)
After David Martin (Scottish, 1737-1798) (Artist)
ca. 1830
silver-gilt with enamel
(18th and 19th Centuries )

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.

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.

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Geographies

France, Paris (Place of Origin)

Measurements

2 3/16 in. (5.6 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.

58.147

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
  • Thursday: 1–8 p.m.
  • Monday—Tuesday: Closed

Location

600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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