Franklin's return from Europe – Historic Print
(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 rare historic print captures Franklin's return from Europe in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Franklin's return from Europe
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This print reproduces a painting by Charles E. Mills showing Benjamin Franklin returning from Europe, though the record dates the image to about 1914 and the scene itself belongs to 1785. Franklin had spent most of the years since 1776 abroad, first as a commissioner in France and later helping negotiate the peace that ended the Revolutionary War, and he arrived back in Philadelphia in September 1785 to a warm reception. The Detroit Publishing Company, known for its color photochrom reproductions of American scenes, issued the image, which shows how early twentieth-century publishers kept patriotic subjects in circulation. The record is marked as unverified, so details of the painting should be checked against the original.
| Created / published | c1914 Dec. 12. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | J198446 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Charles E. Mills (original at Franklin Institute of Boston Library"). Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. This record contains unverified |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,359 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125692 |
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