B. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. - ambassador from the Congress of America to the Court of France / J. Norman sc. – Antique Wall Art
![B. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. - ambassador from the Congress of America to the Court of France / J. Norman sc., [1781] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bf/bf3faa7fd0ea-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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of B. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. - ambassador from the Congress of America to the Court of France / J. Norman sc.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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B. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. - ambassador from the Congress of America to the Court of France / J. Norman sc.
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Among the many likenesses of Benjamin Franklin in circulation, this etching stands out for its link to a specific object: its design follows the medal made by the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres in 1778, the porcelain works that produced the French royal medal portraits. The print appeared as an illustration in the second volume of "An Impartial History of the War in America," published in Boston in 1781, when Franklin was serving as America's ambassador at the French court and the alliance with France was central to the Patriot cause. Engraved by J. Norman, it shows how a French-made image of the statesman was carried back into American print culture during the war.
| Created / published | [1781] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1780-1790.Book illustrations 1780-1790.Etchings 1780-1790. |
| Notes | Title from item. After the medal by the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres in 1778. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the end of the war: [...]. Boston : Printed by Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, [...], 1781, v. 2, opp. p. 129. 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. 68. |
| Subjects | Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,012 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122412 |
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