Franklin's first audience before King Louis XVI, at Versailles. March 20, 1778 – Antique 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.)
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Franklin's first audience before King Louis XVI, at Versailles. March 20, 1778 comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Franklin's first audience before King Louis XVI, at Versailles. March 20, 1778
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Benjamin Franklin's reception by Louis XVI at Versailles on March 20, 1778, is the scene this chromolithograph depicts, and the record places it in the moment of his first formal audience with the French king. Franklin had come to France as America's representative during the Revolutionary War, and the alliance he helped secure in 1778 gave the new United States crucial military and financial support. The print was made around 1903, long after the event, so it reflects how later generations chose to remember Franklin's diplomacy as a moment of national pride.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | G6102 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 32. |
| Subjects | Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790--Travel--France. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,297 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110159 |
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