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Benjamin Franklin

Artist: Edward Savage, 26 Nov 1761 - 6 Jul 1817
Copy after: Benjamin West, 10 Oct 1738 - 11 Mar 1820; David Martin, 1736/7 - 1798
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790

Date: 1793

Type: Print

Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 45.7 x 35.5 cm (18 x 14")

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Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.70.9

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery