Poor Richard illustrated, lessons for the young and old on industry, temperance, frugality &c. by Benjamin Franklin / Engraved by O. Pelton. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Poor Richard illustrated, lessons for the young and old on industry, temperance, frugality &c. by Benjamin Franklin / Engraved by O. Pelton., preserved in this antique engraving. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Poor Richard illustrated, lessons for the young and old on industry, temperance, frugality &c. by Benjamin Franklin / Engraved by O. Pelton.
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Rather than a portrait, this 1887 Boston engraving by O. Pelton gathers Benjamin Franklin's maxims onto a single sheet, borrowing the title of "Poor Richard," the persona Franklin used for his almanac. That almanac, printed in Philadelphia from 1732 to 1758, carried proverbs on thrift, hard work and temperance that became part of everyday American speech. Issued more than ninety years after Franklin's death in 1790, the sheet shows how late nineteenth-century Americans looked back on him as a model of self-improvement. The Library of Congress holds the print, which was shown in its American Treasures exhibition in 2003 and 2004.
| Created / published | Boston : T.O.H.P. Burnham, 1887. |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving ; 54 x 68 cm. |
| Genre | Engravings 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 216 (DLC/PP-47083). Copyright 1887 by T.O.H.P. Burnham. Title from item. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2003-2004. |
| Subjects | Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790--Quotations. Proverbs--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,283 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-209259 |
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