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Engraver Jean François Janinet French
After Joseph Siffred Duplessis French
Sitter Benjamin Franklin American
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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, 1706–1790)
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
Accession Number: 83.2.241
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