Clock in the Empire Taste with a Bust of Benjamin Franklin, about 1805–15
Case: Claude Galle (1759–1815), 60 Rue Vivienne, Paris
Works: Jean-Baptiste Dubuc (1743–1819), Paris
Ormolu and patinated bronze, with clockworks
19 3/4 in. high, 7 5/8 in. wide, 5 5/8 in. deep
Signed and inscribed (on front of enamel dial): Galle / Rue Vivienne à Paris; (on the back of dial): G / 38 / Dubuc / 4–[or +]6; (at top of case, front): Eripuit Coelo Fulmen Sceptrumque Tyrannis [he seized lightning from the heavens and the scepter from tyrants]
![Clock in the Empire Taste with a Bust of Benjamin Franklin, about 1805–15 Case: Claude Galle (1759–1815), 60 Rue Vivienne, Paris Works: Jean-Baptiste Dubuc (1743–1819), Paris Ormolu and patinated bronze, with clockworks 19 3/4 in. high, 7 5/8 in. wide, 5 5/8 in. deep Signed and inscribed (on front of enamel dial): Galle / Rue Vivienne à Paris; (on the back of dial): G / 38 / Dubuc / 4–[or +]6; (at top of case, front): Eripuit Coelo Fulmen Sceptrumque Tyrannis [he seized lightning from the heavens and the scepter from tyrants]](https://img.artlogic.net/w_1010,h_580,c_limit/exhibit-e/5785309687aa2ca4012b681e/89ece5f79b538841b695044c2c44a664.jpeg)