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Benjamin Franklin

Artist: D. A. S.
Copy after: Anne-Rosalie Bocquet Filleul, 1752 - 1794
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790

Date: c. 1780

Type: Print

Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 33.7cm x 23.6cm (13 1/4" x 9 5/16"); Sheet: 34.7cm x 25cm (13 11/16" x 9 13/16")

Topic: Interior; Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table; Printed Material\Map; 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

Place: France

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.96.105

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery