Benjamin Franklin: The statesman and philosopher – Historic Print
![Benjamin Franklin: The statesman and philosopher, [New York] : N. Currier, 1847. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/20/200507213ade-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Benjamin Franklin: The statesman and philosopher. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Benjamin Franklin: The statesman and philosopher
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Nathaniel Currier's 1847 hand-colored lithograph presents Benjamin Franklin not as a battlefield figure but as a statesman and philosopher, the two roles that defined his public life and that make him a natural fit for a gallery of Revolutionary War images. Currier, who would soon join with James Merritt Ives to form one of the best-known print publishers of the nineteenth century, produced such portraits for a popular market eager for national heroes. Franklin had been dead for about forty-three years by 1847, and his reputation had grown into a symbol of American ingenuity, diplomacy and republican virtue. Collectors today value these hand-colored sheets for how they show a public memory of the founders taking shape.
| Created / published | [New York] : N. Currier, 1847. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand col. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand colored 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0562. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,258 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174132 |
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