Dr. Franklin – Antique Wall Art
![Dr. Franklin, Pater Noster Row, [London] : Published by Fielding & Walker, 1778 Novr. 1st. — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/94/942b8a92c419-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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Step back in time with Dr. Franklin, an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Engraved after a painting by Mason Chamberlin, this portrait of Benjamin Franklin was published in London on November 1, 1778, by Fielding & Walker. It appeared opposite page 494 of William Russell's *History of America*, so readers met Franklin's face within a narrative of the colonies' conflict with Britain. That year Franklin was serving as an American commissioner in Paris, where he helped secure the French alliance, which made him one of the most prominent figures in the revolution at the moment this print appeared.
| Created / published | Pater Noster Row, [London] : Published by Fielding & Walker, 1778 Novr. 1st. |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1770-1780.Portrait prints 1770-1780.Engravings 1770-1780. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: The history of America, from its discovery by Columbus to the conclusion of the late war / William Russell. London : Fielding & Walker, 1778, opp. p. 494. After painting by Mason Chamberlin. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 62. |
| Subjects | Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 983 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122430 |
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