![]() ![]() ![]() Poor Richard, of almanac fame.īen is the only founding papa to sign all four of the most foundational documents of our country: the Declaration of Independence the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (with France) the Treaty of Paris (between the U.S., England and France) and the U.S. The first volunteer fire company in PhillyĪmong the various pseudonyms under which Ben published his voluminous prose: female figures Silence Dogood, Alice Addertongue and Polly Baker, and jaunty Anthony Afterwit and Richard Saunders, a.k.a.You wanna talk about founding fathers? Ben was the brains behind any number of local institutions, including: The one above, though, lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ![]() I know nothing so tedious as sitting hours in one fixed position.” One of the largest collections of images of Ben is housed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which owns at least 150. He got so many requests to sit for artists that he once wrote of those sessions, “I am perfectly sick of it. Benjamin the Museīen Franklin was one of the most frequently painted people of his time. In honor of the occasion - and the polymath genius who inspired it - we hereby present a cornucopia of trivia tidbits about Philly’s favorite son. ![]() Advance reviews of this exploration of the man the Washington Post once called “the most lovable of the Founding Fathers, and perhaps after Lincoln the most beloved of Americans” have been unanimous in their praise. This month on WHYY TV 12, PBS.org and the PBS Video app, historical documentarian extraordinaire Ken Burns debuts a new two-part, four-hour production, Ben Franklin, exploring the life and times of this city’s most famous resident (albeit an adoptive one he was born and raised in Boston and only moved here when … well, just watch the show). Painting by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis via Metropolitan Museum of Art ![]()
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