Ben Franklin's Fur Cap & Other Headgear - Steve Gnatz Author
2020年9月15日 · Ben Franklin’s Fur Cap and Other Headgear To cover his baldplate and keep his head warm, Ben brought a fur cap with him to France. Walter Isaacson, in his biography of Franklin, states that the cap was made of Marten fur and that Ben obtained the cap when he traveled to Canada in 1776 seeking support for American independence.
Roundtable: Ambassador in a Hat: The Sartorial Power of Benjamin ...
2017年2月15日 · While acting as the American ambassador to France, Benjamin Franklin wore a fur hat to express his American status. The French enthusiastically accepted Franklin’s use of the topper, seeing it as an embodiment of the ambassador and a symbol of America and the American cause.
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a Fur Cap - Philadelphia Museum …
The publication of this image, one of the earliest to appear after Benjamin Franklin's arrival in Paris, was mentioned in French newspapers in the summer of 1777; the portrait was quickly copied in other mediums.
Benjamin Franklin: The Original Hipster Fashionista
When Benjamin Franklin arrived in France in December 1776, he was wearing a fur hat to keep his head warm. The French elite that welcomed him were especially enamored of Franklin’s look, which to them was the embodiment of the “rugged American frontiersman” image they …
Category : Benjamin Franklin wearing fur - Wikimedia
"When Benjamin Franklin arrived in Paris, he was wearing a little fur cap to keep his bald head warm. To the French, the hat was the embodiment of the rugged American frontiersman and proof that Franklin was a true "natural man." In fact, Franklin sent back to America for a large supply of the caps, which he wore everywhere around Paris."
Benjamin Franklin: Philadelphia’s First Fashionista
Amidst the Court’s most luxurious fashions, a bespectacled and wigless Franklin wore a plain dark velvet suit and his signature fur hat. His outfit was political: it symbolized the virtuous simplicity of republicanism, frontier self-sufficiency, and the integrity of the new American nation.
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a Fur Cap - philamuseum.org
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Portrait of Benjamin Franklin - Cleveland Museum of Art
Nini copied Franklin's fur hat from a portrait of Rousseau by Allan Ramsay (Scottish, 1713-1784). The small crest below Franklin's left shoulder shows a bolt of lightning striking an iron bar held by a hand, a reference to Franklin's discovery of the lightning rod and electricity.
Benjamin Franklin in the Fur Hat, J.B NINI 1777 - Ref.87629
Benjamin Franklin in the Fur Hat, J.B NINI 1777 EAN-BAPTISTE NINI (1717 - 1786) Portrait of Benjamin Franklin with a medallion fur hat In terracotta, signed and dated under the left shoulder NINI.F.1777 with a coat of arms and titled around the edge B. FRANKLIN.
Benjamin Franklin's Suit, 1778 - Smithsonian Institution
2012年4月17日 · Benjamin Franklin, with his unadorned clothes and speech, and his fur cap, quick wit, and humble charm, came to symbolize for many what it meant to be an American during the Revolutionary War. In Paris to help negotiate an alliance with France, Franklin stood out at the court of Louis XVI with plain clothing such as this silk suit.
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