Benjamin Franklin – Vintage Wall Art
(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
Benjamin Franklin comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Rather than a painted original, this is an 1868 engraving by H.B. Hall, reproducing a portrait that Duplessis painted from life in 1783 while Franklin was living at Passy, outside Paris. That year Franklin was finishing his work as American envoy to France, and in September he signed the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War. The Duplessis likeness, with its plain dress and steady gaze, became one of the most reproduced images of Franklin, and engravings like this one carried it to a wide public long after his death.
| Created / published | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Esq." This record contains unverified |
| Notes | Engraved by H.B. Hall from the original picture in Passel painted from life by J.A. Duplessis in 1783 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,301 × 4,144 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115210 |
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