Benjamin Franklin
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Object Details
- Artist
- Jean-François Janinet, 1752 - 1 Nov 1814
- Copy after
- Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 22 Sep 1725 - 1 Apr 1802
- Sitter
- Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of William Woodville, VIII
- 1789
- Object number
- NPG.97.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Medium
- Hand-colored mezzotint on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 31.6cm x 21cm (12 7/16" x 8 1/4")
- Sheet: 40cm x 32.4cm (15 3/4" x 12 3/4")
- Place
- France\Île-de-France\Ville de Paris, Départment de\Paris
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Benjamin Franklin: Male
- Benjamin Franklin: Literature\Writer
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Congressman\Continental congressman
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration
- Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Scientist
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Diplomat
- Benjamin Franklin: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist
- Benjamin Franklin: Science and Technology\Inventor
- Benjamin Franklin: Crafts and Trades\Printer
- Benjamin Franklin: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.97.10
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b765db8f-bbb1-4f8e-8205-cbeef81f98d3
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