About This Item

  • TitleFranklin statue, New York City
  • Call NumberBRAI_0207
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryStatue of Benjamin Franklin on raised pedestal at area known as Printing House Square (Park Row and Spruce Street); four men standing on plaza near statue; nearest man in foreground appears transparent through underexposure; ornate lamp posts around statue; classical and neo-classical buildings in background, including New York Sun building at right.
  • Date[187-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from Brainerd Collection list. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectFranklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Statues ; Statues -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationPark Row (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.