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Artist:
Johann Elias Haid, 1739 - 1809  Search this
Copy after:
Benjamin Wilson, 1721 - 1788  Search this
Sitter:
Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790  Search this
Medium:
Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 20.4 x 13.1 cm (8 1/16 x 5 3/16")
Sheet: 21.4 x 18 cm (8 7/16 x 7 1/16")
Mount: 24.7 x 18 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/16")
Type:
Print
Date:
1778
Topic:
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.78.114
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/sm4e4607d2e-e8ee-4b3a-942c-9d4f408bfee4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.114