Franklin and Condorcet

Download or read book Franklin and Condorcet written by American Philosophical Society and published by Amer Philosophical Society. This book was released on 1997 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents two portraits belonging to the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia: Houdon's bust of Condorcet, which entered the Society's collection in 1830, and Greuze's oil painting of Benjamin Franklin, a recent gift (1984) of Lammot du Pont Copeland. Includes essays by Johanna Hecht, Edgar Munhall, and Robert Darnton. Illustrations are in black and white. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Frick Collection, New York and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.