Benjamin Franklin L.L.D. - envoy from the American Congress to the French Court – Antique Wall Art
![Benjamin Franklin L.L.D. - envoy from the American Congress to the French Court, [1780] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bc/bcd8c6447571-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 Benjamin Franklin L.L.D. - envoy from the American Congress to the French Court, an antique engraving rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Benjamin Franklin L.L.D. - envoy from the American Congress to the French Court
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This engraving identifies Franklin as envoy from the American Congress to the French Court, a diplomatic title that sets it apart from the many portraits that show him as a printer or natural philosopher. It was published in 1780 as a plate in *An Impartial History of the War in America*, a London and Carlisle book that covered the conflict through the end of 1779. By then Franklin had spent several years in Paris, where he helped secure the 1778 Franco-American alliance that brought French money, ships and troops into the war. The print is a reminder that his reputation in France was as much political as personal.
| Created / published | [1780] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1780.Book illustrations 1780.Engravings 1780. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and her colonies, from its commencement to the end of the year 1779 [...]. London & Carlisle : Printed for R. Faulder, bookseller, [etc.], 1780, p. 345. 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. 65. |
| Subjects | Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 984 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122427 |
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