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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
Artist
Unidentified Artist
Copy after
Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter
Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Date
c. 1790
Type
Print
Medium
Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 46.7 x 35.1 cm (18 3/8 x 13 13/16")
Sheet: 52.1 x 36 cm (20 1/2 x 14 1/8")
Topic
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Interior\Interior with Exterior View
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk
Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill
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.97.232
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view