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Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790 – Antique Wall Art

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving
Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, [no date recorded on caption card]. Antique engraving from the Presidents collection.

(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 Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790

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Duplessis is credited with this steel engraving of Benjamin Franklin, who was born in 1706 and died in 1790. The caption card records no date, but the image fits the years Franklin spent in France as the American envoy, from 1776 to 1785, when his likeness was widely reproduced in prints for French and American audiences. Franklin, the printer, scientist and diplomat, became one of the most recognizable faces of the new republic. The attribution comes from an unverified caption card, so the details of this particular impression should be read with that in mind.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : steel engraving.
NotesSteel engraving by Duplessis. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I.; BI; Publ. Ind.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,246 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149225

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