Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1787
mezzotint
sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
Charles Willson Peale
(Chester, MD, USA, 1741 - 1827, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
CULTURE OR GROUP:
American
OBJECT NAME:
mezzotints (prints)
MARKS:
C.W. Peale Pinxt. et Fecit. 1787 at bottom of oval bearing the portrait - "His excellency B. Franklin L.L.D., F.R.S., President of Pennsylvania and late Minister of the United States of America at the court of France" engraved around oval of portrait
CREDIT LINE:
Museum Acquisition
OBJECT NUMBER:
1966-17-1
IMAGE USE:
Open Access Image
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DIMENSIONS
- sheet, sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
PORTFOLIO LIST
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