Skip to main content

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
Artist
James McArdell, c. 1729 - 1765
Copy after
Benjamin Wilson, 1721 - 1788
Sitter
Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Date
1761
Type
Print
Medium
Mezzotint
Dimensions
Image: 30.8 × 25 cm (12 1/8 × 9 13/16")
Sheet: 35 × 25.6 cm (13 3/4 × 10 1/16")
Topic
Printed Material\Book
Interior\Interior with Exterior View
Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill
Nature & Environment\Lightning
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.77.77
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view
Back to Top