Benjamin Franklin / Goldar sculpt. – Antique Print
![Benjamin Franklin / Goldar sculpt., Pater Noster Row, [London] : Published by J. Fielding, 1785 Sepr. 23rd. — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/df/dfc8a539992c-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 Benjamin Franklin / Goldar sculpt. 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 / Goldar sculpt.
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This engraving reproduces a sculpted likeness of Benjamin Franklin by an artist named Goldar, rather than a drawing made from life. It appeared in London in September 1785 as a plate in John Andrews' *History of the War with America, France, Spain, and Holland*, published by J. Fielding in 1785 and 1786. Franklin had been the American envoy in Paris, where he helped win the French alliance that proved decisive, and he was one of the negotiators of the 1783 peace that ended the war. The plate shows how much British readers of the period were interested in the American statesman who had shaped the conflict from across the Atlantic.
| Created / published | Pater Noster Row, [London] : Published by J. Fielding, 1785 Sepr. 23rd. |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1780-1790.Portrait prints 1780-1790.Engravings 1780-1790. |
| Notes | Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783 / John Andrews. London : J. Fielding, 1785-86, v. 1, p. 73. 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. 73. |
| Subjects | Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 923 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122471 |
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