...am anxious to see it, having no hope of living to see again the much lov'd and respected original. I have at the request of Friends sat so much and so...painters and Statuaries, that I am perfectly sick of it. I know of nothing so tedious as sitting hours in one fix'd posture. I would nevertheless do it once...

...whom, through Mr. Joseph Coolidge, it came to the Boston Athenaeum. In 1780 Franklin wrote from France: "I have at the request of friends sat so much and...painters and statuaries, that I am perfectly sick of it." Of modern French art the Museum makes an exhibit, which, though not large, is well selected in that...

...irksome task. Under date of June 25, 1780, he wrote from France to Thomas Digges in part as follows: I have at the request of friends, sat so much and...painters and statuaries, that I am perfectly sick of it. I know of nothing so tedious as sitting hours in one fixed posture. I would nevertheless do it once...

...public attention throughout his professional life, even Franklin tired of fame's demands and noted, "I have at the request of friends sat so much and so often to painters and statuaries that I am perfecdy sick of it.'" Among the most widely circulated of the Franklin images was that painted in...

...public attention throughout his professional life, even Franklin tired of fame's demands and noted. "I have at the request of friends sat so much and so often to painters and statuaries that 1 am perfectly sick of it.'" Among the most widely circulated of the Franklin images was that painted...

...print. More than two hundred portraits were made of Franklin in Paris. He complained about the sittings. "I have at the request of friends sat so much and...painters and statuaries that I am perfectly sick of it," he wrote. But he never stopped complying. Franklin wrote his daughter about the vogue; The clay medallion...

...most widely recognizable image of Franklin." "I have at the request of friends," Franklin complained, "sat so much and so often to painters and Statuaries, that I am perfectly sick of it"" No man before Franklin, it has been suggested, ever had his likeness LEFT: Franklin, hust hy Jcan-...

...widely recognizable image of Franklin.™ "I have at the request of friends," Franklin complained, "sat so much and so often to painters and Statuaries, that I am perfectly sick of it."t' No man before Franklin, it has been suggested, ever had his likeness LEFT: Franklin, bust by...

...to be I-doll-ized in this country.43 When asked at a later date for his image, Franklin exclaimed:"! have at the request of friends sat so much and so often to painters and Statuaries, that I am perfecrly sick of it I would nevertheless do it once more to oblige you if it was necessary, but there...

...was chosen as the new nation.s symbol. Shown is the Great Seal of the United States. Life in France I have at the request of friends sat so much and so often to painters . . . that I am perfectly sick of it. Americans were now trying to build a new nation and fight a war...