reception of ben franklin in paris – Historic Print
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This picture shows Benjamin Franklin's reception in Paris, where he arrived in December 1776 as an American envoy seeking French support during the Revolutionary War. Franklin was an instant celebrity there, admired for his scientific work and his plain, fur-capped image, and Parisian salons and society welcomed him far beyond the diplomatic circle. His success helped win the Franco-American alliance of 1778, and the enthusiasm for him, including his well-known meeting with Voltaire that year, shows how much he came to stand for the American cause in the French imagination.
| Original scan | 8,862 × 7,077 px · prints to 30 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 00475u reception of ben franklin in paris |
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