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Artist:
James McArdell, c. 1729 - 1765  Search this
Copy after:
Benjamin Wilson, 1721 - 1788  Search this
Sitter:
Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790  Search this
Medium:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Image: 30.8 × 25 cm (12 1/8 × 9 13/16")
Sheet: 35 × 25.6 cm (13 3/4 × 10 1/16")
Type:
Print
Date:
1761
Topic:
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this
Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill  Search this
Nature & Environment\Lightning  Search this
Benjamin Franklin: Male  Search this
Benjamin Franklin: Literature\Writer  Search this
Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman  Search this
Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Congressman\Continental congressman  Search this
Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration  Search this
Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Scientist  Search this
Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Diplomat  Search this
Benjamin Franklin: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this
Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Inventor  Search this
Benjamin Franklin: Crafts and Trades\Printer  Search this
Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.77.77
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm45c5b34a8-53d6-42c8-80a7-5dc484c24ec9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.77.77