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Augustin de Saint-Aubin French
After Charles Nicolas Cochin II French
Sitter Benjamin Franklin American
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Title: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Artist:
Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1736–1807 Paris)
Artist:
After Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)
Sitter:
Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
Date: 1777
Medium: Etching; first state of five (Bocher)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/16 × 5 13/16 in. (28.4 × 14.8 cm)
Plate: 11 × 8 1/8 in. (28 × 20.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1986
Object Number: 1986.1057
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