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[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, rear view] – Antique Photo Print

[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, rear view] — historic print
[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, rear view]. Historic print 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 rare historic print captures [Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, rear view] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, three-quarter length portrait, standing, rear view]

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Showing Benjamin Franklin from behind, this full-length standing view departs from the front-facing likenesses most often reproduced of him. The caption card records no date, so the exact date of making is uncertain, but Franklin's image was engraved and printed repeatedly from the 1760s on, as he became well known in Britain and France as a printer, scientist and diplomat. Printmakers answered public interest in the man who would help shape the American cause. The figure's posture and clothing show how an artist chose to present him, as a dignified gentleman or as a man of learning.

Medium1 print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 798 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125718

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