Benjamin Franklin
Artwork Details
- Title: Benjamin Franklin
- Engraver: Jean François Janinet (French, Paris 1752–1814 Paris)
- Artist: After Joseph Siffred Duplessis (French, Carpentras 1725–1802 Versailles)
- Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
- Date: 1789
- Medium: Color aquatint with hand-coloring
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plate): 13 1/16 × 11 3/16 in. (33.2 × 28.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of William Henry Huntington, 1883
- Object Number: 83.2.241
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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