B. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. - born at Boston in New England, Jan. 6th 1706 - died at Philadelphia, April 17th 1790 – Antique Wall Art
![B. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. - born at Boston in New England, Jan. 6th 1706 - died at Philadelphia, April 17th 1790, [1790] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/be/be678611e088-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 antique engraving of B. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. - born at Boston in New England, Jan. 6th 1706 - died at Philadelphia, April 17th 1790 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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B. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. - born at Boston in New England, Jan. 6th 1706 - died at Philadelphia, April 17th 1790
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Published as the frontispiece of the May 1790 issue of *The Massachusetts Magazine*, this engraving appeared within weeks of Benjamin Franklin's death in Philadelphia on April 17, 1790. The Boston firm of Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews used the plate to mark the passing of a man born in Boston who was by then the most famous American abroad. The caption lists his LL.D. and his membership in the Royal Society alongside his birth and death dates, a compact summary of a career spanning science, printing, diplomacy and statecraft. The print is also catalogued among the graphics of the American Revolution, a reminder of how widely Franklin's likeness circulated during and after that era.
| Created / published | [1790] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1790.Engravings 1790. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. II, no. v (1790 May), frontispiece. 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. 78. |
| Subjects | Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,091 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116934 |
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