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[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, left profile] – Vintage Wall Art

[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, left profile] — historic print
[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, left profile]. Historic print from the Presidents collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, left profile] comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, left profile]

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Benjamin Franklin is shown here in three-quarter length, standing and turned to the left, a pose that lets the viewer see his posture and dress rather than only his face. The caption card gives no date, so the print's exact age is unknown, but its subject places it among the many engraved and printed likenesses made of Franklin during his long public career as a printer, scientist, and diplomat. Such portraits circulated widely in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when printed images of notable Americans were prized by readers and collectors. Franklin lived from 1706 to 1790, and the print's subject alone connects it to the Revolutionary era.

Medium1 print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 871 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125717

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