Dr. Benjamin Franklin / engrav'd by P.R. Maverick, 65 Liberty Street. – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Dr. Benjamin Franklin / engrav'd by P.R. Maverick, 65 Liberty Street., [1794] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/be/be3bd9ec990d-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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This rare antique engraving captures Dr. Benjamin Franklin / engrav'd by P.R. Maverick, 65 Liberty Street. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Dr. Benjamin Franklin / engrav'd by P.R. Maverick, 65 Liberty Street.
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Engraved by P.R. Maverick at his address on Liberty Street in New York, this portrait of Benjamin Franklin dates from about 1794, four years after the statesman's death in 1790. Franklin had become one of the most recognizable figures of the Revolution and the young republic, and engravers continued to reproduce his likeness for years afterward. Prints like this one kept his face before the public long after he had left public life. It is worth noticing how a commercial engraver in New York could draw on an older likeness to meet demand for a national figure who had already become a symbol.
| Created / published | [1794] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1790-1800.Engravings 1790-1800. |
| Notes | Title from item. 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. 76. |
| Subjects | Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 894 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122343 |
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