Benjamin Franklin

Sitter Benjamin Franklin American
Publisher Privately published by The Bibliophile Society American
ca. 1910
Not on view
Issued exclusively to members of the Bibliophile Society of Boston. Small remarque of Franklin in a fur hat at lower left of margin. This print is the original signed version, for the cancelled plate, see 41.71.11.

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Object Information
  • Title: Benjamin Franklin
  • Artist: William Harry Warren Bicknell (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1860–1947 Winchester, Massachusetts)
  • Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
  • Publisher: Privately published by The Bibliophile Society (American, established 1901, active through late 1930s)
  • Date: ca. 1910
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 20 7/16 × 14 3/4 in. (51.9 × 37.4 cm)
    Plate: 15 13/16 × 12 1/2 in. (40.1 × 31.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 41.71.10
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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