Franklin's Reception at the Court of France, 1778 – Antique Wall Art
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This rare historic image captures Franklin's Reception at the Court of France, 1778 in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Franklin's Reception at the Court of France, 1778
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Versailles provides the setting here, and the year 1778 matters: the Franco-American alliance had been signed only weeks before, which made Benjamin Franklin, the American envoy in Paris, a diplomat the French court could not ignore. Accounts of his reception often note that he appeared in plain, unpowdered dress rather than the silks and embroidery expected at court, a choice that drew attention and was read as a statement of American republican simplicity. The scene places a colonial-born printer and statesman inside the most formal monarchy in Europe, and it captures the tension between his direct manner and the ceremony of the Bourbon court.
| Original scan | 9,336 × 6,869 px · prints to 31 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1 |
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