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Benjamin Franklin

Artist: Johann Martin Will, 1727 - 1806
Copy after: Charles Nicholas Cochin, 1715 - 1790
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790

Date: 1777

Type: Print

Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 30.1 x 23.5 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/4")

Topic: Printed Material\Book; Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk; Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill; Costume\Headgear\Hat\Fur; Benjamin Franklin: Male; Benjamin Franklin: Literature\Writer; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Congressman\Continental congressman; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration; Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Scientist; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Diplomat; Benjamin Franklin: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist; Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Inventor; Benjamin Franklin: Crafts and Trades\Printer; Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.69.30

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery