[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, bust portait, facing left] – Historic Reproduction
![[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, bust portait, facing left], c1914. — historic image](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5e/5edc567190e3-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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This historic image of [Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, bust portait, facing left] brings a moment of history to your wall. 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, bust portait, facing left]
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Turned to the left in a bust-length pose, this portrait reproduces a painting by Charles Willson Peale, the Philadelphia artist who painted Benjamin Franklin several times in the 1780s. By then Franklin was in his late seventies and serving as president of Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council, and Peale's likenesses helped define the public image of the printer, inventor and diplomat who had secured French support during the Revolution. The print dates from about 1914 and was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, so it also shows how early twentieth-century audiences chose to remember him.
| Created / published | c1914. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 item. |
| Notes | J190451 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Charles Willson Peale. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf; Other information on verso of card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,224 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118291 |
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