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Artist:
Jean Charles Le Vasseur, 1734 - 1805  Search this
Copy after:
Antoine Borel, 1840 - 1915  Search this
Sitter:
Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790  Search this
Medium:
Engraving on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 43.2 x 35cm (17 x 13 3/4")
Sheet: 51 x 38.3cm (20 1/16 x 15 1/16")
Type:
Print
Date:
1778
Topic:
Exterior  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Weapon\Spear  Search this
Symbols & Motifs\Symbolic Figure  Search this
Symbols & Motifs\Symbolic Figure\Liberty  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.78.74
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/sm4dd5b694e-ce6c-4c23-bfcf-9fade4590124
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.74