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Benjamin Franklin

Alternate Title: Book: Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters

Artist: James Barton Longacre, 11 Aug 1794 - 1 Jan 1869
Copy after: David Martin, 1736/7 - 1798
Publisher: Joseph Delaplaine, 20 Dec 1777 - 31 May 1824
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790

Date: 1816

Type: Print

Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 12.2 x 10cm (4 13/16 x 3 15/16")

Topic: Printed Material\Book; Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table; Printed Material\Papers; 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: S/NPG.77.136.3.d

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery