Benjamin Franklin: The statesman and philosopher – Antique Print
![Benjamin Franklin: The statesman and philosopher, [New York] : N. Currier, 1847. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4a/4a019233125e-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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Benjamin Franklin: The statesman and philosopher. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Benjamin Franklin: The statesman and philosopher
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Currier's New York shop issued this hand-colored 1847 lithograph of Benjamin Franklin under the title "The statesman and philosopher," a label that points to the two sides of his reputation. Franklin began as a Philadelphia printer, published *Poor Richard's Almanack*, and later earned fame for his electrical experiments, his diplomacy in France, and his role in the Declaration of Independence. Inexpensive prints like this one reached a broad middle-class public, helping make Franklin's face familiar in American homes well into the nineteenth century.
| 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 | 1,126 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116349 |
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