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Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790 – Historic Reproduction

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique lithograph
Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, [no date recorded on caption card]. Antique lithograph 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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790

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Franklin appears here in the fur-collared likeness that Joseph Siffred Duplessis painted in the late 1770s, when Franklin was serving as American envoy in Paris. The painting became one of the most widely copied images of him, and reproductions like this photolithograph carried its learned, informal look to viewers who never saw the original canvas. The caption card gives no date for this print, so its exact production period is uncertain. Still, the popularity of the source painting made it a common model for later engravings and printed portraits of Franklin.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : photolithograph.
NotesPhotolithograph after Duplessis. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I.; BI; Pub.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,070 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157097

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